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August 5, 2026
New publisher: Enigma Editions
Enigma is composed of the former staff of Archway Editions, and will publish a “genre-blind list.”
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August 5, 2026
Wicked Son Press (a division of Post Hill) launches a fiction imprint
Meg Keene Books will release four to six novels per year to elevate Jewish voices and contribute to Jewish literary conversation.
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August 5, 2026
Audible launches Audible for Business
The service allows audiobooks to be sold and distributed in bulk for events and conferences, large groups of employees, or marketing campaigns.
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August 5, 2026
Zenòdot update: find works in translation
The database that helps readers find book translations now taps into 50 sources and covers national libraries from every continent.
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August 5, 2026
Links of Interest: August 5, 2026
Poets find copyrighted work on Giggle Academy, and Princeton University Press partners with AI licensing firm.
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July 29, 2026
Harlequin launches a new romantasy imprint: MoonFire
According to the publisher, “MoonFire will publish…paranormal, cosy, and dark fantasy romance, both accessible and commercially appealing.”
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July 29, 2026
Oslo-based bookstore launches publishing imprint
Oslo’s sole English-language bookstore has launched an imprint, Prismatic Press, to serve Norway-based authors who write in English.
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July 29, 2026
New fiction imprint from Simon & Schuster UK: Simon Stream
This is yet another Big Five initiative to pick up successful self-published authors from around the globe.
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July 29, 2026
Links of Interest: July 29, 2026
A former Congresswoman is pivoting to book influencing, the rise of romance bookstores in rural areas, and more.
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July 29, 2026
Gay adult entertainment company launches publishing arm
San Francisco–based Falcon | Naked Sword is launching FalconInk, a publishing house focused on erotic fiction and targeting women readers.
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July 28, 2026
How I Sold 1,000 Copies of My Self-Published Memoir in Five Months
This debut memoirist kept asking one question: What’s the next thing I can do that puts this book in front of readers?
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July 22, 2026
How Publishers Can Support Collaborative Author Marketing
Some publishers who have found ways to promote author collaborations as part of their own directed efforts. When done well, everyone benefits.
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July 22, 2026
Substack adds AI detection tools, but creators can disable them
Substack announced that readers can now use Pangram to scan text on Substack to see how much of it was likely written with AI assistance.
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July 22, 2026
Links of Interest: July 22, 2026
A debut YA novelist offers a long and nuanced explication of her experience at a Big Five publisher, plus much more.
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July 22, 2026
New academic imprint from Springer Nature
Nature Books from Springer Nature will publish long-form work under the trusted and recognized scientific brand of Nature.
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July 15, 2026
Book sales update: print sales nearly flat versus 2025
Adult fiction grew 5.7 percent, while adult nonfiction fell 5.8 percent. Self-help had the biggest decline of all, about 24 percent
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July 15, 2026
Publishers file lawsuit against Google for AI training
Google used access to digital copies of books via Google Books, the Google Play bookstore, and Google Scholar to train its Gemini model.
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July 15, 2026
How a publisher’s giveaway became market research
Chicken Soup for the Soul changed their spine design after a recent merchandise giveaway crowdsourced how their books were being displayed.
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July 15, 2026
New study: audiobook listeners willing to try AI multi-cast narration; rate it favorably
The study was performed by Edison Research, a leader in audio market research, and commissioned by Spoken, an AI audiobook production company.
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July 15, 2026
When does using someone else’s research become an adaptation?
A historian and author posted an open letter expressing her disappointment about a graphic novel that appears to draw heavily from her book.
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July 8, 2026
New horror-inspired imprint at Insight Editions
Insight Editions is starting a line of horror-inspired books in collaboration with filmmaker Eli Roth and his media company The Horror Section.
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July 8, 2026
Kindle Direct Publishing extends 70 percent royalty on ebooks from $9.99 price point to $12.99
As of July 7, the 70 percent royalty rate can be earned for all ebooks priced up to $12.99. The prior royalty rate for books priced over $9.99 was 35 percent.
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July 8, 2026
Publishers Lunch reports decline in six-figure nonfiction deals during second quarter 2026
Analyst Michael Cader reports some of this decline is driven by Penguin Random House and HarperCollins pulling back on deals.
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July 8, 2026
Links of Interest: July 8, 2026
The latest in book sales, book marketing, culture & politics, and AI.
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July 7, 2026
Should You Use Substack for Your Email Newsletter? Or Something Else?
Should authors use Substack for their newsletter? It depends on your purpose—strengthening ties with existing readers, or reaching new ones.
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July 1, 2026
Links of Interest: July 1, 2026
The latest in traditional publishing, self-publishing, marketing & promotion, culture & politics, and AI.
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July 1, 2026
Atria (Penguin Random House) is relaunching Pocket Books
Pocket Books is a mass-market imprint that will be returning to publish romance, romantic thrillers, and horror.
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July 1, 2026
Reese Witherspoon’s company partners with Hachette on “analog-inspired” Sunnie
A press release says they will focus on “analog-inspired products that empower Gen Z to digitally detox.”
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July 1, 2026
New agency: Renegade Literary
Former Ayesha Pande Literary agent Annie Hwang has launched Renegade Literary. representing literary fiction as well as established poets.
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July 1, 2026
Sourcebooks launches Kwame Alexander Books
Kwame Alexander Books will publish picture books, middle grade, young adult, and adult titles by Alexander as well as other authors.
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