October 19: Save The Date To Protect The Freedom To Read At The Polls
Saturday, October 19th will be a nationwide day of action to fight voter apathy and support pro-library, anti-book banning candidates. Join the Freedom to Read Community Day of Action by organizing an in-person rally in your community. Sign up now to be part of this important movement!
A preview of some of the changes coming with the 18th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style, due out this fall. Lots of good changes are coming to the grammar bible for book publishing, The Chicago Manual of Style. If you are a WPN member, you can subscribe for 50% off and have the online version at your fingertips.
Resolution From The Episcopal Church: Harmful Book Bans Undermine The Beloved Community by Rev. Qiana Johnson, Associate Dean of Libraries, Dartmouth Libraries and Member, ALA Policy Corps Unite Against Book Bans Cadre and Rev. Kim L. Coleman, National President, Union of Black Episcopalians.
How to Reveal Your Character’s Vulnerability Even Though It’s Human Nature to Hide It
Hachette Book Group’s Orbit division has a new imprint (number four). Run for It will publish Orbit’s current horror authors and has plans to add more. Look for it in Summer 2025.
With horror becoming more popular with readers, here are six ways to write better monsters: Also at Hachette, the discontinuation of the Algonquin Young Readers, Hachette Books, and Hachette Go imprints as the latest reorganization under CEO David Shelley continues. Layoffs were barred for three years following Hachette’s purchase of Workman Publishing. Now the three years are up—layoffs are part of the reorganization plan.
July 12th, Turkey blocked access to online writing and publishing service Wattpad, a clear restriction of the freedom to publish. Free Web Turkey says Turkish authorities blocked access to 219,059 URLs in 2023 alone. The International Publishers Association, Turkish Publishers Association, Turkish Writer’s Union, and PEN International have called for the Turkish government to reverse its decision.
LitUp Greenlights Fiction Debuts from Underrepresented Authors. LitUp connects with authors long before the manuscript is headed to print. There’s an educational retreat, mentorship with an established Reese’s Book Club author, intros to editors and agents, and marketing support when published. The book club is a brand of Reese Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine.
Book sales rose 10.9% in May, were up 5.5% over sales of the first five months of 2023. Comic book and graphic novels fell by 7% in 2023, to $1.87 billion from the high of $2 billion in 2021. However, comics and graphic novels have good news too—comics thrive in libraries through digital lending. Comics Plus, powered by LibraryPass, serves school libraries, but the number of public libraries is now a growing market. A popular feature allows multiple patrons to check out the same book at the same time, unlike OverDrive.
Looking for ways to bring attention to your book or a special sale? Check out the 25 marketing ideas shown here, complete with notes as to why they work.
