Go directly to the Big Five, do not pass GO, who’s to say on the two hundred dollars. Introduction For over sixty years, publishing has increasingly evolved into a business dominated by monopolies. Smaller bookstores have often been put out of business or absorbed...
On September 27, 2025, I attended the Tor Talks: A Sci-Fi/Fantasy Sampler panel at the Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The panel was moderated by Bookmarks Board Member Jamie Wallis, and it featured authors Maddie Martinez,...
A book proposal is a document that comprehensively lays out a book idea for prospective publishers, thus acting as a business plan for the pitched book. Many non-fiction authors believe the myth that their book proposal must be perfect in order for their manuscript to...
Genres and subgenres have existed in the publishing world for a long time. But the microgenre is a significant new trend within novel publishing, especially as more readers and authors become reliant on the digital landscape for community and/or success. Let us look...
When you buy a book online (or maybe if you go into a bookstore – remember those places?), you may have noticed a long series of numbers associated with the book called an ISBN. Unless you decided to go to school and get your Masters in Library Science (shout out to...
