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Z-Library’s Demise Provokes Booktok Infighting—And It Comes Back To Colleen Hoover?

By A. Mana NavaDec 5th
HarperCollins Authors Are Turning Down Awards in a Show of Worker Solidarity

By Alyssa ShotwellNov 29th
Things We Saw Today: Philly Soothes World Series Loss With … Rotisserie Chicken Eating Ceremony Victory

By Alyssa ShotwellNov 10th
Compounding Merger Fallout Is Leaving Geeky, Artistic Spaces in Simultaneous Chaos

By Alyssa ShotwellSep 12th
Barnes & Noble Strategy Shift Already Proving Disastrous For Marginalized Authors

By Alyssa ShotwellAug 22nd
James Patterson’s Questionable Personal Imprint Looks Even Worse After Unfounded, Racist Comments

By Alyssa ShotwellJun 15th
New “I’m Not Like Other Girls” Romance Author Just Dropped & This Time She’s Got More to Sell Than a Debut Book

By Alyssa ShotwellMay 18th
We Need To Talk About Last Week’s Publishing Exodus

By Alyssa ShotwellMar 16th
Translators Are Right, They Do Deserve More Credit Than They Get for Their Work

By Alyssa ShotwellOct 22nd
Authors Choosing Paid Substack Serials Over Full Books Worries Me as a Reader

By Alyssa ShotwellOct 8th
Supply Chain Problems Mean You Need to Buy Your Holiday Books, Pre-Orders ASAP

By Alyssa ShotwellSep 20th
If Your Book Reading Habits Are “Colorblind” and “Merit-Based,” Then Just Admit They Are White

By Alyssa ShotwellAug 20th
“Race-Fishing” Book Covers Is Not Only Problematic—It Directly Hurts Authors of Color

By Larissa IrankundaMar 16th
An Ode to Publishing, After a Year Like 2020

By Larissa IrankundaDec 31st
Things We Saw Today: Nora Roberts Beautifully Destroyed a “Fan” Who Tried to Explain Publishing to Her

By Jessica MasonDec 4th
Macmillan Closing Children’s Publishing Line Imprint

By Princess WeekesOct 23rd
Hachette U.K. Staff Show Concerns Over Working on JK Rowling’s New Book Following Transphobic Manifesto

By Princess WeekesJun 16th
Authors Reveal Disparities in Book Advances on Twitter’s #PublishingPaidMe

By Kaila Hale-SternJun 8th
Authors Claim That Internet Archive’s “National Emergency Library” Is Just Piracy

By Princess WeekesMar 31st
Stephen King Jumps Into the Woody Allen/Hachette Dispute for No Good Reason

By Chelsea SteinerMar 7th