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The Terrible Ripple Effect of Canceled Book Tours
An author examines how tours canceled due to Covid-19 impact all parts of the book world.
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Time for Publishers to Broaden Their View
A multicultural marketing expert says publishers need a better understanding of people of color’s interests.
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10 Ways to Support Your Indie Bookstore Through Coronavirus and Beyond
A bookseller suggests some ways you can help keep your local bookstore open—during a coronavirus outbreak and after—without leaving the house.
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For China's Book Biz Right Now, There's Nothing to Do but Work and Wait
An editor at a Beijing-based publisher describes the Chinese book business in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Publishers Need to Translate More from Arabic
The director of an Arabic book prize argues that the time has come for more Arabic works to be translated than just the 'Arabian Nights.'
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Out of This World: Shining Light on Black Authors in Every Genre
Who better to lovingly craft fantastical worlds and cultures rooted in black and African traditions than black authors? This Black History Month, author Nandi Taylor argues, we should elevate the black genre authors as well as literary ones.
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Alice Mayhew's Living Legacies
S&S editorial director Alice Mayhew died February 4. One of her last assistants provides a glimpse of what working for her was like.
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New Tools Are Leveling the Playing Field for Booksellers
A bookseller believes Bookshop and Edelweiss360 are game changers for indies.
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Dear Authors: Here's How to Avoid Writing Tech Gibberish
An IT veteran and author offers tips for writing realistic tech scenes.
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Publishing’s Moment of Reckoning Comes... Again
A publisher says the ‘American Dirt’ controversy is another wake-up call to the industry to listen to its critics. But will it?
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What the Book Biz Can Learn from Napster
A digital exec examines how publishers can navigate the streaming space.
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Want a Healthy Publishing Ecosytem? Support the Indies
A leading independent publisher warns of taking indies of all stripes for granted.
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How to Be a Ghostwriter
The ghostwriter of V.C. Andrews’s titles for 32 years shares some secrets.
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This New Year, Become a New Bookish You
It’s official: we’ve closed the book on 2019. As publishing turns a new page, here are PW’s suggestions for a better 2020.
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Need a New Perspective? Try Historical Fiction.
An author and teacher says reading historical fiction is one way for adolescents to see beyond the present.
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How to Kick the Next Book Blues
An author argues for the importance, after a successful debut, of letting the imagination roam.
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The Author of 'Simple Abundance' Is Back With Some New Advice
Sarah Ban Breathnach, whose 1995 bestseller sought to show women how to follow their own paths, discusses updating the book with new advice for a 25th anniversary edition.
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We Need Diverse Agents
An agent says that getting to the root of the diversity problem in publishing requires change at the agency level.
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Why Online Mobile Publishing Is the Future
The founder of Tapas Media touts the benefits of mobile-centric online publishing.
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Advice for Women with Book Advances
An author offers advice to women on what to do with an advance.
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