A newsletter from a category-design-minded author-publisher about using books to establish a new category, with posts on book marketing experiments, business models and book recommendations. Readers get a personal, first-person look at the author's tactics, including word-of-mouth math, certification as a business model, and lessons from other authors' launches.
Website: https://categorypublishers.com
A humorous personal newsletter from an author and stay-at-home dad, chronicling a book tour for his novel Stitched and daily life with a toddler and partner. Each issue mixes absurd, self-deprecating anecdotes with reflections on creative work and parenting.
A newsletter from a book editor that pairs writing craft advice with interviews of published authors and commentary on the publishing industry. Issues cover topics such as finding your unique story, understanding upmarket fiction for querying, and fitting writing around a day job.
Racket Publishing is a hybrid publisher newsletter written by its founder, who blends book-marketing analysis (such as Amazon rating data for Angela Duckworth's titles) with practical advice for nonfiction authors. It also covers author productivity and spam-filtering tactics drawn from the founder's own experience, and promotes the firm's services.
Sam Beckbessinger writes a personal newsletter mixing reflections on writing her novel, life updates, and recommendations, plus announcements about her personal finance guide Manage Your Money Like a F-cking Grownup. Readers get warm, candid essays on creativity, autumn, and friendship, along with book news and local running-club events.
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