The Publishing Times
"All the News That's Fit to Publish" — The publishing industry's daily broadsheet, covering Big Five publishers, literary agents, indie presses, and self-publishing authors worldwide.
The Publishing Times was founded on a simple premise: the publishing world deserves a world-class daily news source. Not a blog. Not a forum. A genuine broadsheet — the kind you'd pick up at a newsstand — covering every corner of the industry, from the Big Five boardrooms to the indie author's home office.
We aggregate news from over 85 trusted publishing sources — from Amazon KDP and Draft2Digital announcements to audiobook industry updates, AI policy developments, book marketing trends, and cover design innovations. Every story is summarized with attribution and linked directly to the original source.
We also produce original long-form articles, guides, and analysis written for everyone in publishing — from first-time self-publishers and debut novelists to literary agents, acquisitions editors, booksellers, and publishing executives tracking industry trends.
News and blog articles are published under the byline The Publishing Times Staff. Editorials, opinion pieces, editor's notes and columns are signed by Douglas Lassiter, Editor-in-Chief, a permanent house pen-name for The Publishing Times. The site is owned and published by Taciturn Studios LLC. Aggregated news summaries keep the originating outlet's credit as “[Outlet] via The Publishing Times.” Readers may request a correction through our corrections page.
Full Masthead →How We Work
News and analysis are published under The Publishing Times Staff byline; editorials, opinion and columns are signed by the Editor-in-Chief. Both should identify supporting sources where they rely on external facts.
Aggregated news summaries identify the original publisher and link directly to the full source article.
Readers can report an error through our corrections form; reported issues are reviewed before any correction is made.
Editorial workflows may use software assistance. Attribution, source links, and corrections remain part of our published editorial policy.
Amazon KDP
Royalty changes, policy updates, algorithm shifts, new features, and KDP Select news.
Draft2Digital & Wide Publishing
D2D platform updates, Smashwords integration, wide distribution strategy, and retailer news.
Audiobooks
ACX, Findaway Voices, Spotify, Apple Books, and the booming audiobook market.
AI in Publishing
AI writing tools, image generation policies, publisher stances, and author strategy.
Book Marketing & Advertising
Amazon Ads, Facebook Ads, BookBub, newsletter strategies, and launch tactics.
Cover Design
Trends, tools, designer spotlights, genre conventions, and what's selling.
Big Five & Trade Publishing
Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Macmillan — deals, layoffs, strategy, and market moves.
Literary Agents & Rights
Agent news, rights deals, foreign sales, film/TV adaptations, and the submission landscape.
Booksellers & Retail
Barnes & Noble, independent bookshops, Waterstones, and the evolving retail landscape.
Tools & Software
Reviews and updates on Scrivener, Vellum, ProWritingAid, and every author tool.
Fair, Transparent, and Attributed
We believe in the open web. Every aggregated article on The Publishing Times displays a 2–3 sentence summary, the original source name, and a direct link to read the full article. We never reproduce full articles or strip attribution.
If you are a publisher and would like your content removed, please use our Content Removal Request form. We respond within 48 hours.
We build free, browser-based tools for self-published authors — no signup required. Our toolbox includes a KDP Royalty Calculator, AI Blurb Writer, Keyword Research Tool, Ad Copy Generator, Series Name Generator, Book Title Analyzer, and more.
Explore Free Tools →Why We Built This
There was a morning when I tried to do something simple: catch up on publishing industry news in one place. What I found was the same fragmented mess I had navigated for years — trade publications behind paywalls, Twitter threads disappearing into the algorithm, newsletters arriving on their own schedules. The publishing industry had no daily broadsheet. That frustration is why this site exists.
— Douglas Lassiter, Editor-in-Chief
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