Publishing Industry Reporting

Journalist and consultant Porter Anderson explains the new SELF-e program from Library Journal for getting self-published ebooks into American libraries.

Literary journals have done little to move beyond their gatekeeping function, and cling to a scarcity model that no longer works in the digital age.

I'm a proud contributor to an anthology releasing this week from University of Chicago Press, The Little Magazine in Contemporary America, edited by Ian Morris and Joanne Diaz.

Nielsen offers specific figures on how ebook sales have affected print sales in adult fiction, adult nonfiction, and juvenile categories.

Amazon says that Kindle Select participation is healthy, and that the Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service is leading to more reading and sales.

Nielsen offers fascinating insights into how the children's market is driving growth in the overall publishing industry.

Note from Jane: Today's guest post is adapted from The Writer's Advantage: A Toolkit for Mastering Your Genre by Laurie

by Sal Falko / Flickr The backlash against Literary Citizenship is underway, and perhaps it was inevitable. For those unaware

One of my favorite social media activities is collecting charts and visual data related to book publishing and other media,

My latest column at Writer Unboxed tackles serial fiction—and how it's changing writing, reading, and publishing. Here's a little snippet:

I'm delighted to be a recent interviewee at Publishing Trendsetter, where I discuss what I've learned about building a personal

Earlier this week, I was interviewed by Jason Allen Ashlock about my new digital magazine Scratch, and how things have

Read six essays on the future of publishing, as well as ideas on how reading, writing, and editing will evolve.

There are no “rules” for agent-assisted self-publishing, but the biggest drawbacks are usually loss of control and loss of royalties. All authors should negotiate a contract beforehand that protects their rights and lifetime earnings.

Most writers are aware that the publishing industry is undergoing a range of transformations, new beginnings, failures, and consolidations. But there’s so much change it can be difficult to weed out and understand the most relevant and important changes—especially when hundreds of opinions seem to surround the smallest change. Based on industry conversations I’ve had in the last six months, as well as reports I’ve read by people I trust, here are five trends that writers should keep a close eye on.

On Tuesday, March 5, I found (via Twitter) the following piece by freelance journalist Nate Thayer: A Day in the

I answer a few questions about the publishing industry today, and what I think has changed about the writing community since I got into the game.

Many years ago, when I started working for Writer’s Digest, I was put on the self-publishing beat. I started by

Last Friday, I had the honor of spending a day with the Reddit writing community, where I participated in an

Chatting with Kay Steinke at LitFlow (Berlin), 2012 Last month, I gave a 15-minute presentation in Berlin, Germany, called The

Flickr / Meni's Style and A S O ! Today's guest post is by Shirley Hershey Showalter, who has been

Yesterday, news broke that Pearson (parent company of Penguin) had acquired Author Solutions for $116 million. Read the basics here.

Some of you may have heard about the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), a new organization supporting self-published authors. I'm

Jane at 2012 National Magazine Awards (NYC) I had the very good fortune of attending this year's National Magazine Awards

© Tom Gauld | www.tomgauld.com Today's guest post is from April Line, a freelance writer and writing teacher. Read her