Publishing Industry

If you’re ready to hire and work with a freelance editor, learn how to find qualified candidates, plus how to properly evaluate them.

This infographic breaks down the key 5 publishing paths, their value to authors, the potential pitfalls, and examples of each.

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.

CJ Lyons (@cjlyonswriter) is an award-winning, critically acclaimed New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She practiced pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine for 17 years before

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

Last month, I gave a 15-minute presentation in Berlin, Germany, called The Future of the Author-Publisher Relationship, as part of

Today's guest post is by lit addict, movie junkie, writer Emily Wenstrom. A new generation of literary journals is taking

In the past year, I've run two posts specifically related to serial fiction—a guest post by Roz Morris and a

Today's guest post is by Shirley Hershey Showalter, who has been blogging about memoir for four years and is writing a memoir

Today's guest post is by copyright lawyer Brad Frazer. He has written two other posts for this site: Trademark Is Not

Earlier this week, I was the featured interviewee over at Andrea Hurst's Authornomics series. I answer questions such as: What's

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

I had the very good fortune of attending this year's National Magazine Awards in New York City. Even though I'm

I've always believed in sharing the resources I use to stay current and fresh in my thinking about writing and

Last year, on April 1, I released an e-book, The Future of Publishing: Enigma Variations. It was mostly an April Fool's

I was flattered when Paper.li reached out to me for a Q&A as part of their community interview series. They've

Last week, I spoke with Joanna Penn about trends in the publishing industry, e-books and self-publishing, and online marketing (and

Today's guest post is from April Line, a freelance writer and writing teacher. Read her previous guest post for this

I recently received the following question from working writer Shannon Traphagen: I have been fervently working on my novel (I