Where
do you go to get book news?
There
are so many sources that gather information about the book world – new books,
best-sellers, popular authors, rights sales, industry trends, mergers, talent
hires, etc. Which ones are reliable, current, and user-friendly?
The
big guns for book news include these:
The New York Times
Publishers Weekly
NPR Books
HuffPost Books
Publishing Marketplace/Publishers Lunch
USA Today
Wall Street Journal
Others
include:
Goodreads
Electric Literature
Lit Hub
The Rumpus
Smash Words
Los Angeles Times
Book Riot
PubPerspectives
PubPerspectives
Boston Globe
Bookish
Library Journal
The Writer Magazine
Book Business Mag
Poets & Writers
The Guardian
Project Gutenberg
Publishing Alltop
Writer's Digest
Publishing Trends
Book Bub
Digital Book World
Of
course one can find stories about books and the publishing industry simply by
searching Twitter or Facebook feeds. So
much gets posted and shared and re-circulated on social media it can make your
head spin.
There
are a zillion book blogs to read – and You Tube channels, podcasts, and online
forums that cover books. Some of the
popular blogs include these:
Bustle Books
The Indie View
The New York Review of Books
The Write Life
Jane Friedman
Page-Turner
Book Page
The
key to keeping up with what’s going on in the book world is checking into the
big sites and publications on a regular basis and then rotating dozens of other
sources just to see what else you may be curious to learn. You can also get news from trusted
organizations, such as The Writers Guild, PEN, IBPA and other writing groups or
genre-specific associations.
Keeping
up with the news is easier than being the one making the news. Who knows, maybe one day we’ll read about you
and your book?
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