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Some Parting Words for the Book Biz from Jim Milliot
PW’s outgoing editorial director reflects on how tech and consolidation have reshaped the publishing industry.
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How Improv Made Me a Better Writer
Author Emily Bleeker examines how performing on stage helped improve her prose.
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My Mother, My Novel, and Me
Debut author T.N. Eyer reflects on losing her mom to cancer while writing a novel about immortality.
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Why This Ghostwriter Loves His Haters
Bestselling author and ghostwriter Joshua Lisec explains how to turn internet criticism into increased publicity, higher click rates, and more revenue.
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Fixing Racism in the Book Business
Adia Harvey Wingfield, professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, discusses how the publishing industry’s organizational culture maintains racial inequality.
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The Power to Publish Enables the Freedom to Read
By publishing unflinching books on topics often perceived as controversial, small publishers can combat restrictions on intellectual freedom, writes Platypus Media founder Dia L. Michels.
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Lessons in Love: Romance Authors and the Power of Labor Solidarity
A journalism professor explains how writers banded together, shared information, and forever changed a genre.
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Make Humanities Fun Again
An English professor discusses why he wrote a YA novel, with a little help from his students.
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Does the Booker Have an Autism Problem?
A neurodivergent writer argues that publishing and book prizes still have a long way to go to improve their autistic representation.
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Confessions of an Arrogant and Humble Writer
An author explains how these two qualities are key to her literary success—and how they can help other writers sustain long and fruitful careers.
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Why Genre Fiction Is So Effective in Tackling Social Issues
Novelist Cindy Fazzi says authors interested in addressing the great issues of the day should avoid preaching and focus on telling a good story.
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Why Bookstores Can’t Avoid Politics
Bookseller Josh Cook examines how bookstores are inherently political—and why that’s a good thing.
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Generative AI vs. Copyright
Publishing attorney Lloyd J. Jassin examines what artificial intelligence will mean for the publishing industry.
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The Importance of Interior Design in Fiction
Author Erika Raskin explains what characters’ homes can reveal about them.
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How to Finish Writing Someone Else's Novel
How author Dana Isaacson came to finish the great Rhoda Lerman's unfinished novel.
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Telling the Truth About the Medical Profession with Fiction
Brain surgeon Gary Simonds unleashes his imagination to help him process the horrors and joys of the medical career in prose.
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What One Bookseller Learned from a Florida Panhandle Bookstore
An indie bookstore owner describes how she was inspired by her favorite booksellers.
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New Adult: The Category in Between That Everyone Forgot
Chelsea M. Cameron, the author of sapphic contemporary adult novels and two new adult romances, reflects on missed opportunities in the category—and the outsized role adult readers play in shaping YA tastes and trends.
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Women Writers Face an Imbalance of Power
Author Virginia Pye discusses a 19th-century legal battle that highlights how writers, particularly women writers, have long been undervalued.
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