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Men don't just think about the Roman Empire - they're also more likely to want to read about it.

"The school curriculum has become so packed and so prescriptive that it is very hard to make schools places where books can be enjoyed"

Mashing genres can be a tricky business. Do it right, and you've created a short story, book or movie that remixes those respective genres' elements in new and exciting ways-for instance, Philip K. Dick memorably using a detective narrative to explore the post-apocalyptic setting of "Do Androids...

POD started off being closely associated with the self-publishing market, as it allows authors to publish for hundreds of dollars, if not zero dollars. It has never really shaken off that association, even though it has been a godsend for authors and publishers alike.

Who is the primary readership for your book? And have you stretched it too far or too thin in your book proposal's target audience section?

Link: How (not) to publish 18 November 2024

Jo Nolan takes a wry look at the fine art of self-publishing

Royalties earned from The Golden Mole, published in the US this week as Vanishing Treasures, will be given towards counteracting ‘the election of a climate-change denier'

One of TikTok's defining subcultures is arguing over whether books are political, "red-listing" authors, and looking for guidance in speculative fiction.

Legal letter follows complaints aimed at CBS News, the Washington Post, and the Daily Beast.

A massive, multi-story building in the Washington, DC, neighborhood of Georgetown welcomed back a former occupant this month that had been gone for over a decade.

In a move that's perhaps more symbolic than business-minded, Barnes & Noble, America's largest retail bookseller, has...

HarperCollins has confirmed that they have struck a licensing agreement with an undisclosed AI company will "allow limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for training AI models to improve model quality and performance," per a company statement shared with PW.

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