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Submitme.app@submitme.bsky.social · 2w ago

Kathryn Stockett got 60 rejections for “The Help.” Letter number 61 was a yes. That book then spent 100+ weeks on the NYT bestseller list and sold over 7 million copies. The whole career was sitting one letter past the 60th no. #amquerying #amwriting #pubtip #booksky lithub.com/the-most-rej...

The Most-Rejected Books of All Time

Tis (almost) the season for resolutions. If you’re a writer, here’s an idea: resolve to get rejected. 100 times this year, if you’re lucky. After all, some very famous books (and …

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Submitme.app@submitme.bsky.social · 3w ago

Barbra Streisand wrote a children’s book. “And by the Way…” arrives March 2027. Her 2023 memoir ran 1,000 pages. This one’s 40. Those page counts wouldn’t fly for most debut authors but - you win the EGOT, you set your own terms :-) #booksky #amquierying www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804102...

And by the Way... by Barbra Streisand: 9798217041787 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Iconic singer, actress, director, producer, and devoted mother and grandmother, Barbra Streisand writes her debut picture book with wisdom and love. Dress up, speak up, and dream big. Fill your back...

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Submitme.app@submitme.bsky.social · 3w ago

The 2026 Booker longlist runs from Djamel White, 28, to M. John Harrison, 81, publishing sci-fi since 1971. Harrison may become the oldest-ever Booker winner, passing Atwood (79 for “The Testaments”). Shortlist Sept 22. #booksky #publishing #amwriting thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

The Booker Prize 2026 | The Booker Prizes

The longlist for the Booker Prize 2026 has been announced, featuring two previous winners and three debut novelists

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Submitme.app@submitme.bsky.social · 3w ago

Kevin Roose of NYT has a book on the AGI race: “The AGI Chronicles." He argues it could outweigh the real Manhattan Project, since the bomb could only destroy, while AI might either wreck things or transform science and medicine. What wins? #publishing www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

The New Manhattan Project: PW Talks with Kevin Roose

In ‘The AGI Chronicles’ (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Oct.), the journalist tracks the race to develop artificial intelligence that can match or surpass human capabilities.

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Submitme.app@submitme.bsky.social · 4w ago

232 romance-only bookstores have opened in the US in three years, from small-town Kentucky to Anchorage, mostly women-owned. For romance authors, they mean new shelves, launch events, signing venues where there were none. The genre is growing its own retail. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Romance Bookstores Are Surging Across the Country

In small towns and rural areas, booksellers are opening romance-focused stores that double as community spaces.

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Submitme.app@submitme.bsky.social · last mo.

Your new manuscript printed in year 2114. Slow even by trad publishing standards. But that is the Future Library project. The books will be printed on the trees planted now. Margaret Atwood, Elli Shafak, etc donated their new works. Catch - no one can’t read them before 2114. #booksky #amquerying

Submitme.app@submitme.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Simon & Schuster is reviving Pocket Books as a home for bestselling self-pub and hybrid authors. Focus is romance-first, print deals, launching Jan 2027. Are we watching the line between trad and indie publishing blurring? Or is it trad competing with Amazon? #publishing #amwriting