Want to get published in 2026? Mark your calendars for 2/1… 🐸

Just finished putting together a gift box for our next Author Development Program initiate! Hand wrapped and one-of-a-kind custom + vintage haul just for our newest writer-in-residence! 💫

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New literary journal open for submissions Feb 1! Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and artwork are all welcome. Make 2026 the year you get published!

Visit www.allhandspublishing.com/frogskin for all the details 🐸

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Instead of buying a $200 piece of plywood on Wayfair, I repurposed an old antique hutch and now have a place to put all my favorite/first edition books!

One step closer to my dream of living in a house where books pile up in unconventional places…

What is the first book you remember that made you feel like you were missing the action whenever you put it down?

An unmistakable landmark in every bookworm’s journey!

Mine was “The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle” by Avi. Newberry Award classics, man…

Be suspicious of publishing partners who say they will make you a bestseller but ALSO say not to worry about book sales. That’s a big old red flag! 🚩

This one goes out to all the freelancers 🫡

It’s Monday! Time to call out some clown shit. (Hint: If you don’t like the unique complexity of marketing books to actual readers, don’t go into publishing.)

Tech bros and V/C firms REALLLY want to believe that you can structure a publishing house like a software company. Reader, you cannot.

This is a Spines callout directly...

When Big Tech discovers ✨storytelling✨

BookBub sent us a list of July’s best new popular fiction. It looks like we’re deep in the era of hot pastels and bold fonts. Does this kind of cover draw your eye and make you want to pick it up? We’re curious!

This week a federal judge ruled that using authors' books without permission to train AI is legal because it doesn't create a directly competing work.

Bitch it creates a directly competing AUTHOR, what are you talking about?

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Questions to ask your publishing partner when they promise to make your book an Amazon bestseller:

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