Bookish birthdays for the week of August 31, 2025

Posted on August 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Multicolored balloons, with the phrase "Bookish birthdays: Week of August 31, 2025.”

Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of August 31, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries

News of note for readers: August 29, 2025

Posted on August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Friday, August 29, 2025, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Bans and challenges, Excerpt, Libraries, Movie adaptation, Politics

New York Times bestsellers: August 29, 2025

Posted on August 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times has released its bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction for August 29, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

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

Craft tips for authors: August 28, 2025

Posted on August 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best craft and creativity advice for writers that that we came across Thursday, August 28, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Creativity, Memoir, Writing advice

News of note for readers: August 28, 2025

Posted on August 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Thursday, August 28, 2025, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book lists, Cover design, Excerpt, Language, Libraries, Nonfiction, Obituary, The New York Times

Top tips for authors: August 27, 2025

Posted on August 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best advice for writers on craft, marketing, and business topics that we came across Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Author events, Creativity, Libraries, Marketing / promotion, Social media and websites, Writing advice

News of note for readers: August 27, 2025

Posted on August 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Wednesday, August 27, 2025, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Literary tourism, Politics

News of note for readers: August 26, 2025

Posted on August 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Tuesday, August 26, 2025, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book club, Lawsuit, Memoir, Movie adaptation, Politics, Publishing

Top tips for authors: August 26, 2025

Posted on August 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best advice for writers on craft, marketing, and business topics that we came across Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Artificial intelligence (AI), Marketing / promotion, Technology, Writing advice

Bookshop.org bestsellers: August 25, 2025

Posted on August 26, 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