Business news and tips for authors: December 22, 2025

Posted on December 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best business news and advice for writers that we came across Monday, December 22, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Artificial intelligence (AI), Awards, Poetry

IndieReader bestsellers: December 19, 2025

Posted on December 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the bestselling indie books as of December 19, 2025, as compiled by IndieReader.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists

Bookish birthdays for the week of December 21, 2025

Posted on December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Multicolored balloons, with the phrase "Bookish birthdays: Week of December 21, 2025”

Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of December 21, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookish anniversaries

Weekend reads: Week of December 20, 2025

Posted on December 20, 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

Top tips for authors: December 19, 2025

Posted on December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best advice for writers on craft, marketing, and business topics that we came across Friday, December 19, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Characters, Lawsuit, Marketing / promotion, Publishing, Writing advice

News of note for readers: December 19, 2025

Posted on December 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Friday, December 19, 2025, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Bans and challenges, Book lists, Libraries, Nonfiction, Obituary, Politics

New York Times bestsellers: December 19, 2025

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

The New York Times has released its bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction for December 19, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

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

News of note for readers: December 18, 2025

Posted on December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are the literary news stories we found Thursday, December 18, 2025, and wanted to share.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Memoir, Poetry, Reading

Writer's Digest business and marketing tips: December 17, 2025

Posted on December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here's the best business and marketing advice from Writer's Digest that we came across Wednesday, December 17, 2025.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Book launch or relaunch, Marketing / promotion, Podcast, The business of writing

Literary awards and honors: December 17, 2025

Posted on December 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Check out these posts about literary awards and honors that we found Wednesday, December 17, 2025.

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Book reviews, Libraries, Nonfiction, Podcast