Weekend reads: Week of July 19, 2025

Posted on July 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's a collection of literary posts that we didn't share on our reader blog this past week but thought were worth highlighting.

Categories: Favorites

Literary adaptations: July 18, 2025

Posted on July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

News of literary adaptations for Friday, July 18, 2025

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Classic literature, Graphic novel / comics, Movie adaptation, Mystery, Stage adaptation, Thriller, TV adaptation

New York Times bestsellers: July 18, 2025

Posted on July 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times has released its bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction for July 18, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

News of note for readers: July 17, 2025

Posted on July 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary news of note from Thursday, July 17, 2025

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, Cover design, History, Nonfiction, Obituary, Pop culture, Reading

Top tips for authors: July 17, 2025

Posted on July 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The best advice for writers for Thursday, July 17, 2025

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Awards, Cover design, Motivational, Science fiction

Political news for readers: July 17, 2025

Posted on July 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Political literary news of note from Thursday, July 17, 2025

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Libraries, Politics, Publishing

Bookshop.org bestsellers: July 14, 2025

Posted on July 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the ten bestselling books from last week at Bookshop.org, a website that enables shoppers to purchase books online and send the proceeds to an independent bookstore.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, Bookstore

Top tips for authors: July 15, 2025

Posted on July 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The best advice for writers for Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Language, Marketing / promotion, Reader reviews, Writer Beware / scams, Writing advice

News of note for readers: July 15, 2025

Posted on July 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A white piece of paper saying "Awesome people read books" is shown against a brown-wood and black background.

Literary news of note from Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book club, Excerpt, Language, Literary tourism, Obituary, Poetry

ALLi business news and tips: July 15, 2025

Posted on July 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A roundup of publishing industry news and business advice posts from the Alliance of Independent Authors.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Artificial intelligence (AI), Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Literature in translation, Social media and websites