If you’re an author hoping to get traditionally published, you might have asked yourself if you should try to write to market. Is it necessary to worry about what readers want in a novel—well, maybe we should say what literary agents and major publishers think readers want in a novel—or should you not care at … Continue reading Should You Write to Market? | What Readers and Literary Agents Want in a Novel
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Something’s Up with Where the Crawdads Sing | How a Book Sold Millions of Copies
When a book spends 124 weeks on the bestseller list and sells an estimated 7 million copies in two years, you gotta wonder what sets it apart from other books. A big marketing push can send a novel to the top for a week, and when Oprah or Reece Witherspoon select it for their book … Continue reading Something’s Up with Where the Crawdads Sing | How a Book Sold Millions of Copies
2021 Market Trends in Book Publishing | My Unqualified Speculation
IT GOES without saying that this has been a tumultuous, tragic, and terrifying year, and to writers hoping for a publishing contract, or book lovers looking for their ravenous thirst to be quenched, it begs the question: What will publishing trends look like in 2021? Will it be a year of rom-coms, slapstick comedy, and … Continue reading 2021 Market Trends in Book Publishing | My Unqualified Speculation