Editor’s Choice July 2022
How chill are you? Take the quiz. This is one quiz where you do not want to score 100. And, this is a great way to promote your book and…
How chill are you? Take the quiz. This is one quiz where you do not want to score 100. And, this is a great way to promote your book and…
Announcement from the Donohue Group, a cataloging business After almost 38 years in business The Donohue Group, Inc. is closing its doors within the next few months. We have loved…
We Need Diverse Books Offers Banned Book Grants to Educators Grants of $2,000 each will be given to teachers and librarians to fund author school visits and field trips. Authors…
Where to Start–the Importance of Choosing the Right Story Opening by Barb Goffman for SleuthSayers.org Sourcebooks acquires duopress, which will become an imprint of Sourcebook Kids. Hachette Book Group Plans…
Amazon Literary Partnership Opens 2022 Grant Applications for nonprofit literary organizations through April 15 Why Amazon’s New LGTBQ+ Children’s Category Matters Marketing director Hanna Kjeldbjerg argues that Amazon’s new LGBTQ+…
Literati Acquires Follett Book Fairs Literati is a subscription box and online book club. The fairs will be rebranded Literati Book Fairs and continue to service PreK-8 grade schools. While…
Supply chain woes, holiday sales, and more—and a bit of explanation Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, Diana Gabaldon, Author, Delacorte Press, $36 sold 182,941 in its first…
Writer Beware! Novel Cat has clauses in its contract that can tie authors up for twenty to forty years with no way to cancel unless Novel Cat agrees to the…
Catch a one-on-one interview between an NPR host and some of the sharpest contemporary storytellers going deep on the works that dominate the discourse. No mood, genre, or writing style…
HBG Delays Office Return Until 2022 Hachette Book Group and Macmillan are pushing any official return date to the beginning of next year. Any HBG employee who can work from…