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May 20, 2026
New agent: Lowenstein Associates
Ava Grayson is actively building her list in literary fiction, horror, romantasy, gothic, YA, romance, fantasy, and narrative nonfiction.
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May 20, 2026
New fellowship for literary narrative nonfiction
The fellowship is intended to support writers whose projects engage with the collections of the NYPL flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.
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May 20, 2026
Did your publisher fail to register copyright for your work?
The Authors Guild wants to hear from authors excluded from the Bartz v Anthropic settlement due to a publisher's failure to register for copyright.
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May 20, 2026
Texas Book Festival launches Burro Libro Press
The publishing imprint will focus on debut literary fiction by emerging writers with strong ties to Texas.
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May 20, 2026
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May 13, 2026
Pine State Publicity launches agenting arm
Pine State Literary is led by Zoe-Aline Howard and focuses on literary fiction and narrative nonfiction that speaks to rural and middle America.
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May 13, 2026
Bo-sco: new scouting service for TV/film producers
Believeing the book-to-screen pipeline is missing what’s worth finding, UK-based author Arianna Reiche has launched a page-to-screen IP scouting service.
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May 13, 2026
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May 13, 2026
The Children’s Middle-Grade Slump: How Bad Is It?
Sales data suggests a return to pre-pandemic normalcy, but backlist dominates and it’s tough for new books and authors to break out.
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May 6, 2026
New children’s imprint at TokyoPop
Starting this fall, TokyoPop Kids will publish manga, graphic novels, picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels.
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May 6, 2026
Chronicle accepting unagented children’s work through May 10
In honor of Children’s Book Week, Chronicle is accepting unagented manuscripts through May 10.
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May 6, 2026
Eerdmans launches new nonfiction imprint
The imprint will tackle existential questions for readers wherever they are on the spirituality spectrum.
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May 6, 2026
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May 6, 2026
New nonfiction imprint from Bloomsbury India and Say Again Press
The imprint will publish titles across sports, health, autobiography, and business.
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April 29, 2026
Canadians now have an alternative to shopping at Amazon
Booksellers.ca is the first online bookselling platform to serve both the English- and French-language readers across Canada.
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April 29, 2026
Why Book Sales Figures Are So Hard to Interpret (and Complete Sales Figures Nearly Impossible to Find)
We attempt to clarify the claim that half of all books sell fewer than a dozen copies—a statistic for which this newsletter is partially responsible.
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April 29, 2026
Audible’s ACX discontinuing legacy royalty model
The service is shifting to a pooling model where audiobook royalties are affected by how much an Audible member consumes in a month.
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April 29, 2026
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April 29, 2026
New publisher: Lost Kite Editions
The Minneapolis-based nonprofit publishes fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from underrepresented writers.
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April 22, 2026
How Faire Fills a Distribution Gap for Publishers
Faire is a tech wholesale B2B marketplace built for the gift, jewelry, and home goods market, but increasingly used by publishers and bookstores.
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April 22, 2026
New agent at Mansion Street Literary Management
Katie Ferriello has joined as literary agent, focusing on romance, fantasy, and children’s literature.
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April 22, 2026
Small Press Insights: bestseller tracking site
Author Jim Hanas has launched a website called Small Press Insights that reveals which small-press books are selling on Amazon.
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April 22, 2026
New cookbook imprint at Skyhorse
Skyhorse Publishing has launched new cookbook imprint Golden Grove Publishing with Culinary Book Creations CEO James O. Fraioli.
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April 22, 2026
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April 20, 2026
AI and Libraries: Why Librarians May Become Arbiters of Reality
Librarians are managing AI’s real-world effects, making them publishing’s early warning system on reliability, trust, and the limits of AI literacy.
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April 15, 2026
Barnes & Noble Press sets minimum paperback price of $14.99, among other new guidelines
Cost pressures on print have been increasing, but this requirement will prove challenging for novellas, poetry, or works with low page counts.
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April 15, 2026
Defendants in the Crave copyright case demand that their collective $3.4 million in legal fees be covered
US copyright law allows for the prevailing party to recover legal fees, although it’s discretionary and not automatic.
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April 15, 2026
New imprint: Caleb and Kyle Publishing
It will focus on English-language originals with previously unpublished English translations of successful German titles.
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April 15, 2026
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April 8, 2026
Beventi adds ticket ordering for bookstores
The new feature enables readers to purchase event tickets and pre-order books in a single transaction.
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