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 Indie Pics: Authors at Home In the first installment of our “Indie Pics: Authors at Home” feature, we highlight makeshift writing spaces, musical interludes, and more. more » »   Agents Weigh Whether to Submit Projects During the Pandemic
The tightening of publishers’ purse strings in response to the economic fallout of Covid-19 has added a new wrinkle to an age-old dilemma for agents. more » »  The BookLife Prize Fiction Contest Is Accepting Submissions!
Books matter now more than ever! The 2020 BookLife Prize Fiction Contest is now open for business. more » »  Book Deals: Week of April 13, 2020 In a world rights acquisition, Bob Bender at Simon & Schuster bought David Quammen’s currently untitled work about the Covid-19 pandemic. More » » 
 Demon Leap Tricia Owens. Tricia Owens, $13.99 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-5467-8735-8 This no-holds-barred urban fantasy, the first in Owens’s Specials series, takes readers into the gritty world of Victory City. more » »  Poet, Prophet, Fox: The Tale of Sinnach the Seer M.Z. McDonnell. Moose Maple, $19 trade paper (298p) ISBN 978-0-578-40586-5 Mythology buffs and fans of LGBTQ fantasy won’t want to miss this arresting series debut. more » »
 Giacomo's Daughter Diana Savone, Diana Savone, $11.99 paper (373p) ISBN 978-1-7344688-0-9 This Prohibition-era story will satisfy noir fans who want to cheer on a woman’s quest to escape abuse and claim her power. more » »  Merlin Raj and the Santa Algorithm: A Computer Science Dog's Tale for
Kids D.G. Priya, illus. by Shelley Hampe. Vulcan Ink, $15.99 (110p) ISBN 978-1-951767-11-2 Parents who want to give their kids a head start with computer science will love this tale of a service dog learning to use algorithms. more » »
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 Indie Authors on Campus Two college professors self-published an affordable, easily updated, and popular textbook. more » »  A Line in the Sand: Why a Bestselling Author Went Indie After selling more than 20 million books in 22 languages, Lindsay McKenna decided it was time to go indie. more » »
InsideHook: Thanks to Bookshop, There Is No Reason to Buy Books on Amazon Anymore Independent bookstores and booksellers get a lifeline just when they need it most. more » »
IndieReader: 'Committed’ by Penelope Sky Tops IndieReader Bestseller
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 BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest Names Four Finalists Four books were named finalists for the 2019 BookLife Nonfiction Prize. more » »  The Trouble with Big Deals Huge advances aren’t always huge wins for budding authors. more » » The BookLife Prize Fiction Contest Is Accepting Submissions!
Books matter now more than ever! The 2020 BookLife Prize Fiction Contest is now open for business. more » »  Book Deals: Week of April 6, 2020 Actor Billy Dee Williams sold a currently untitled memoir to Knopf. Victoria Wilson took U.S. and Canadian rights to the book from Dan Strone at Trident Media Group. more » » 
 Deep Living with the Enneagram: Recovering Your True Nature
Roxanne Howe-Murphy. Enneagram Press, $24.95 trade paper (460p) ISBN 978-0-9793847-1-4 Howe-Murphy’s exhaustive, detailed work will appeal to spiritual readers looking to the Enneagram for “greater freedom, ease, and lightness.” more » »  Sons of Perdition William Harms. Leviathan, $14.95 trade paper (216p) ISBN 978-0-692-18456-1 Harms’s morally ambiguous characters will challenge readers in this disturbing cat-and-mouse adventure. more » »
 Bound by Beliefs Joseph C. Way. Joseph C. Way, $17.99 paper (262p) ISBN 978-1-4808-8352-9 Open-minded Christians will be drawn in by Way’s passionate arguments for a profoundly loving God and a pragmatic, fully human Jesus. more » »  Trauma Town Dispatch Suzann Kale. Suzann Kale, $11.99 paper (298p) ISBN 978-1-07-957503-3 Readers with a taste for philosophy and absurdity will enjoy this darkly comic tale of mishaps and friendship in a small-town hospital. more » »
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 Writing Advice From Jane Smiley Here are five writing tips from a winner of the Pulitzer Prize. more » »  Self-Published Graphic Novel Earns Praise of Industry Elite
How Christine Mari Inzer got acclaimed comics artists Jeff Smith, Lucy Knisley, and Hope Larson to blurb her self-published book. more » »
The Bookseller: Indie Publishers Face "Existential Crisis" Indie publishers remain hopeful they can make it to the other side. more » »
IndieReader: 'The Wrong/Right Man’ by Aurora Rose Reynolds Tops
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 Meet the Judges of the 2019 BookLife Prize Contest! Our BookLife Prize Nonfiction judges share their thoughts on reading, writing, and more. more » »  Introducing BookLife’s ‘Indie Pics: Authors at Home’ Feature
Are you an indie author stuck at home? Tell us what you’re reading and writing! more » » BookLife Prize Fiction Contest Launches April 1 The submission period for the 2020 BookLife Prize Fiction Contest begins on April 1! The grand prize is $5,000 and an author profile in Publishers Weekly, but each entrant receives a Critic’s Report, a brief critical assessment of their novel written by a Publishers Weekly reviewer. more » »  Book Deals: Week of March 30, 2020 After an auction, Ballantine’s Emily Hartley won Benjamin Gilmer’s The Other Dr. Gilmer. more » »
 Darkling Smiles: Tales of Brightness Darkled Michaelbrent Collings. Written Insomnia, $9.99 trade paper (425p) ISBN 978-1-08-115988-7 The weird and the eerie gambol together across the pages of Collings’s chilling collection of eight tales, all of which explore human frailty and moral ambiguity. more » »  Lemon Lavender Is Not Fine Elle Pallmore. Elle Pallmore, $10.99 paper (279p) ISBN 978-1-07-667858-4 Pallmore’s debut celebrates the simultaneous fragility and strength of the teen spirit as it follows 16-year-old wallflower Lemon Lavender’s turbulent junior year. more » »
 The Adventures of Rockford T. Honeypot Josh Gottsegen. OneLight Publishing, $14.99 paper (288p) ISBN 978-0-9909270-5-1 Debut author Gottsegen introduces young readers to the adventurous and charming chipmunk Rockford T. Honeypot in this gripping coming-of-age adventure. more » »  The Empress of the Clouds Desiree Ultican. Desiree Ultican, $11.99 paper (365p) ISBN 978-1-65525-866-4 Steampunk fans will admire the bold and self-reliant heroine of this airship adventure. more » »
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 From Self-Published to Mainstream: An Indie Success Story
How self-published author L. Penelope scored a book deal with St. Martin's Press. more » »  The Birth of an Indie Paleo Cookbook The success of Irena Macri’s Eat Drink Paleo shows how creative recipes and professional design can whet readers’ appetites. more » »
BookRiot: Amazon Sees Influx of Self-Published, Plagiarized Coronavirus Books In the wake of the worldwide spread of Covid-19, Amazon has been flooded with a throng of self-published books on coronavirus. more » »
IndieReader: 'Finding Forever’ by Marie Force Tops IndieReader's
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A rundown of the self-published books hitting IndieReader's weekly bestseller list. more » »
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following are this week's books from PW Select, Publishers Weekly's
marketing program for indie authors. To sign up your book for PW Select, click here.
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