Editor’s Choice August 2023
More than 10,000 Authors Sign Authors Guild Letter Calling on AI Industry Leaders to Protect Writers United Against Book Bans Want to be a mentor? Check this out: WriteGirl is…
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IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award
Publishers of print and audiobooks with a copyright date of 2023 may enter the current competition. Qualifying publishers include: independent publishers hybrid publishers self-published authors university presses association presses PERIODS…
WPN Insider July 2023
INDUSTRY NEWS USA Today resumes its bestseller list for books after monthslong hiatus TikTok Is Starting Its Own Publishing Company Amazon’s ebook charts are full of AI-generated spam Frankfurt’s CONTEC…
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by Bobbie Christmas Q: I want to use TLC in dialogue (“Your sprained ankle could use some TLC.”) What is the proper way to write this? Also, how do I…
Editor’s Choice March 2023
HarperCollins union approves contract, ends 3-month strike The cause was an ongoing debate about salaries. As Book Bans and Legislative Attacks Escalate, the New Press Pushes Back Oral Argument Set…
Understanding Your Digital Afterlife—Why You Should Name a Digital Asset Executor
by Mary Brook, Senior Lifestyle Specialist If you’re a baby boomer or older adult, many of you have already prepared a will and trust as part of your overall estate…
Editor’s Choice December 2022
From Sandra Beckwith of BuildBookBuzz, gift ideas for writers, including this book of her own and at such a bargain price! She says, “Let me give your author a book-marketing…
Market Update July 2022
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No One Wants to Hear You Breathe
by Gabi Coatsworth First published at BookLife.com and reprinted with permission An author gets a crash course in narrating her own audiobook I’ve noticed that most memoir writers who decide…
Publishing Contracts 101: Beware Internal Contradictions
by Victoria-Strauss for Writer Beware® June 10, 2022, reprinted with permission It should probably go without saying that you don’t want your publishing contract to include clauses that contradict one…