The Decline of Manga Among Teens Accelerates Amid Shift to Adult-Oriented Paid Models Japan's manga market sees a sharp drop in teenage readership, driven by digitalization and a shift toward adult-oriented paid content models.

The Decline of Manga Among Teens Accelerates Amid Shift to Adult-Oriented Paid Models

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BREAKING NEWS: The USA Today Bestseller List is a Joke If they can't get it right, they should stop publishing it.

A recent post from Kathleen Schmidt is sparking industry debate after upcoming titles from Sarah J. Maas appeared on the USA Today Bestseller List before publication. Read more here:
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One Year As a Published Author and the Biggest Career Break of My Life Experimenting with monetizing my writing—and failing.

In a candid reflection on Substack, Emily J. Smith shares the reality behind a year of trying to monetize her writing—and why she ultimately stepped back.

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2026 Reader Survey: What Readers Want, Buy, and Expect - Written Word Media 2026 Reader Survey: What Readers Want, Buy, and Expect Discover 2026 reader trends from over 3,500 surveyed book lovers. Learn what readers want, how they buy, and how authors can better reach them.

From email newsletters outperforming social media for discovery to strong preferences for human narration: readers need to be met where they are.

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Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling

A new wave of AI-powered scams is targeting writers—using flattery, fake identities, and promises of success to steal money and trust.

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Edelweiss Announces Discount Tier for Publishers The new tier will offer a more limited suite of features and allow qualifying publishers to make their titles searchable on Edelweiss, as well as visible in saved filter results. The rollout comes ami...

Edelweiss announced a new lower-cost tier, Discovery Access—designed to make title visibility more affordable for publishers while keeping discovery front and center.

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Ingram Launches New Digital Catalog, DRC, and Ordering Platform Covered, a digital catalog and galley service for booksellers, librarians, media, and publishers, aims to be a cost-effective alternative to Edelweiss and to fill a gap left by the closure of Baker & ...

Ingram announced Covered, a new digital catalog, galley (DRC), and ordering platform—a major competitor to Edelweiss and NetGalley.

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AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.

Editors at Wikipedia have introduced new restrictions after AI-translated articles began adding “hallucinations", including incorrect sources and invented details.

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News Funding Crisis: Valuing News vs. Actually Paying For It - The Magazine Manager 80% of Americans want to be informed, but few will pay for it. Here's what the new data means for journalism's future.

80% of Americans want to be informed.

Few are willing to pay for it.

See what the new data means for journalism's future 👇
www.magazinemanager.com/blog/news-fu...

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A major publisher just announced they're going hybrid. Authors invest, but get more creative control. Is this the future of #publishingindustry? What are the pros & cons? #hybridpublishing #books

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A major publisher just announced they're going hybrid. Authors invest, but get more creative control. Is this the future of #publishingindustry? What are the pros & cons? #hybridpublishing #books

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Follett Content Adds Personnel, Enhancements To build up its expertise in the public library market following the closing of Baker & Taylor, Follett Content has hired more than 10 veteran professionals—including some from B&T—and is in the proce...

With 10+ new hires and major tech upgrades underway, Follett says it’s ready to “quickly scale its capabilities…and bring additional choice and stability to public libraries.”

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Agent Quest In which I tell readers and aspiring writers how I got an agent(s)...

Interested in how a writer gets a literary agent? This is my story... victoriahamiltonmysteries.substack.com/p/agent-quest #literaryagents #publishingindustry #writinglife

Explaining R&Rs Podcast Episode · Publishing Pals · March 15 · 32m

New @publishingpals.bsky.social episode is out today!
This one is all about R&Rs in the #publishingindustry - what they are and what they mean. Listen below!
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SCBWI Winter Conference 2026: Editors and Agents Talk Trends and Wish Lists The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators held its 2026 Virtual Winter Conference on February 6–7, featuring a panel of two editors and two agents, who shared what they’re looking for, a...

At #scbwi2026, editors and agents said kidlit needs humor, heart, and courage right now.

“The world feels very heavy right now, and I think that’s why a lot of us are asking for humor.”

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Harlequin Is Ending Its Historical Romance Line After Nearly 40 Years - Reactor The publisher's decision to end its historical romance line in 2027 comes on the heels of controversial changes to its international publishing tactics

After nearly 40 years of dukes, ballrooms, and sweeping love stories, Harlequin’s Historical Romance line is coming to an end. 💔

🔗 Read more: reactormag.com/harlequin-en...

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The London Book Fair 2026 is here! Come say hi to us. #LBF2026 #BookCommunity #AnthemPress #PublishingIndustry #PublishingTrends #BookMarketing #LiteraryAgents #LondonBookFair #TranslationRights

The publishing industry is changing at a rapid pace. Self-publishing, hybrid publishing, and traditional publishing all offer different paths to success. What's your take on the future of publishing? #writing #publishingindustry #selfpublishing

A Movie Deal Is a Writer’s Dream—or Is It? 5 Authors Get Real About the IP Machine A cadre of authors reflect on the literary success that landed them a coveted golden ticket—and what came after.

Literary novels heading to streaming and adaptation deals happening before books hit shelves, the line between publishing and Hollywood keeps getting blurrier.

Full story:
www.culturedmag.com/article/2026...

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Anthem Press is looking forward to connect with the global publishing community at the London Book Fair 2026. See you there! Visit: anthempress.com #LBF2026 #BookCommunity #AnthemPress #PublishingIndustry #PublishingTrends #BookMarketing #LiteraryAgents #LondonBookFair #TranslationRights

The Unlikely Success of a Strange Alabama Bookstore Jake Reiss only sells signed books, and mostly at publisher’s prices. It shouldn’t work, but it has.

90yo bookseller Jake Reiss has built the Alabama Booksmith to only sell signed first editions at regular retail prices? It shouldn’t work in the age of Amazon, but absolutely does.

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STAYING INFORMED IS PART OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING

Publishing is both a creative and professional field. Staying informed helps writers make thoughtful career decisions.

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The A new generation tries its hand at publishing “the unusual, the difficult, the lengthy.”

A new wave of indie publications is championing longform, niche, deeply considered criticism across architecture, finance, horror, art, and beyond.

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The secret Afghan women’s book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell Banned from education, a clandestine reading circle meets every week to pore over novels by Abbas Maroufi, Zoya Pirzad and Ernest Hemingway

In Afghanistan, a secret women’s book club is quietly defying the Taliban’s education ban—meeting weekly to read, discuss, and resist.

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Audible Now Lets You Read Along with Your Kindle Books Audible has added its new Read & Listen feature which allows users to to follow audiobook narration with synchronized, word-by-word highlighted text, provided they own the Kindle e-book.

Audible just launched Read & Listen, letting users follow narration with synchronized, word-by-word highlighted Kindle text—if they own both formats.

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U.K. Indie Publishers Take Stand Against AI Companies Members of the U.K.’s Independent Publishers Guild have threatened legal action against AI companies over alleged copyright infringement, in what IPG chief executive Bridget Shine called the first ste...

Members of the IPG sent letters to leading AI companies alleging copyright infringement—and they’re prepared to escalate.

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Work in Publishing Week: Advice from the LSE Press team - LSE Press To mark Work in Publishing Week, the LSE Press team offer insights, advice and answers to common questions about working in publishing.

Considering a career in publishing this National Careers Week? 📚

Check out our blog with practical advice from the LSE Press team on getting into publishing and what it’s really like to work in the industry: https://bit.ly/3LTLzy4

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Big publishing shift incoming 📚
Radley Books is launching a new platform that lets publishers sell directly to readers, no ecommerce build, no tech headaches.
www.theromancestudio.com/radley-books...
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Spotify announced a partnership with #BookshopOrg —bringing physical book purchasing into the app—and debuted Page Match. It lets readers scan a page and instantly jump to that exact spot in the audiobook.

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2025 Children’s Bestsellers: Buzzy Series Additions, Graphic Novel Retellings, and Beloved Picture Books Our compilation of 2025 children’s and YA bestsellers includes a wide variety of titles, dominated by new entries in familiar franchises, graphic novel adaptations of popular titles, and tried-and-tru...

Publishers Weekly’s 2025 Children’s Bestseller lists are in—and almost every book is a long established series. Brand power is clearly shaping the kids’ market.

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