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How This Bookseller Got a Spanx Grant
A bookstore owner on the financial reality of running two bookstores during a pandemic.
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Keeping a Connection to Your Library
A middle school librarian finds the answer to the question, “Can I be a librarian without a library?”
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A Guidebook Editor’s Dilemma
What’s a travel publisher to do while the world stands still? Karen Seiger has some ideas.
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How to Survive a Pandemic, According to an Academic Publisher
Oxford University Press offers a checklist of useful responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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How Telling Stories Together Can Help a Book Soar
A new author explains how she benefits from a team that understands her experiences as a woman of color.
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The Case for E-galleys
A literary journalist finds that the blessings of e-galleys far outweigh their curses.
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People of Color to Publishing: We’re Not Okay
An Afro-Latina publishing professional presents her view of the book industry—and what needs to change for Black workers to succeed in it.
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When Book Collaborations Go Bad
A veteran coauthor warns colleagues to watch for signs of high-maintenance experts.
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A Collective Victory for a Radical Bookstore
Two volunteer booksellers explain how Minneapolis's Boneshaker Books beat the odds.
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How the Book Business Can, and Must, Build a New Future
Mychal Denzel Smith challenges publishing to be more daring in creating space for all writers.
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Book Clubbing with My Husband
An author and avid reader starts an exclusive audiobook club—and brings her spouse along.
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Can There Be Book Deals Without Meals?
With restaurants closed and publishing lunches a thing of the past, Harper's Sara Nelson considers the future of book acquisitions.
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When It Comes to Online Events, It's Time for Bookstores to Go Wild
Maggie Tokuda-Hall, debut YA author of 'The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea,' urges indie booksellers to think big when planning online events amid the pandemic.
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How Booksellers Can Plan for an Uncertain Future
A bookstore owner weighs how to bring back store gatherings after Covid-19.
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What Makes a Marriage Last? This Book Has Some Answers.
Forty celebrity couples discuss the give-and-take that keeps a marriage strong.
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Bob Loomis, Editor, Remembered
Author Gayle Feldman recounts working with the late editor.
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Publishing Needs to Face Its Ableism Problem
The communications manager of We Need Diverse Books asks that publishers continue to allow employees to work from home after the Covid-19 outbreak fades.
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How an Indie Bookstore Keeps Fighting On
Flyleaf Books’ owner reflects on running an "essential" business during a crisis.
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A Book Tour in a Time of Pandemic
With her traditional book tour canceled, an author adapts.
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How Authors Can Invent Their Own Advances
An author offers up sources writers can tap to help finance their next books.