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Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 14h

Tara Westover’s next book is about what came after “Educated.” “Brothers and Sisters” (Random House, April 2027) reckons with the fallout when her family denied her version of events. The memoir no one warns you about is the one after. #booksky #amquerying www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Book Deals: Week of September 28, 2026

Random House lands Tara Westover’s Educated follow-up, Flatiron bets on Chibundu Onuzo’s dystopian novel, and more.

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Was our question exactly!

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nice one for the late bloomers: M. John Harrison, 81, just made the Booker shortlist after 55 years of writing science fiction, etc. Win on Nov 9 and he’d be the oldest Booker winner in history. Cheering for you, sir! #amquerying #booksky #amwriting thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

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The Booker Prize 2026 | The Booker Prizes

The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2026 has been announced, featuring two previous winners, a previous shortlistee, and three authors new to the prize

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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"I love rom coms—the funnier and more irreverent, the better!" Gemma Paynter #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Many say AI voices are about to take over audiobooks. The data says otherwise: in 2025, AI-narrated titles were 0.03% of US audiobook sales — and listeners' willingness to try them fell from 70% to 61%. Audiobooks with human narrators are welcome news. #booksky #amquerying www.audiopub.org/surveys

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Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A quiet shift for authors: "audio-first", books made for audio before print, jumped 50% in 2025, to $136M. Audiobooks overall hit $2.43B, up 9%, the 15th year of growth. The audiobook isn't the afterthought edition anymore. For some books it's the main event. #booksky www.audiopub.org/surveys

Research Surveys Press Release — Homepage

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Popular lit-fic titles center on longing and attachment. Kitten by Stacey Yu, Meet Me in the Garden and Hello, Limerence. Readers want interiority right now. Agents want upmarket fiction exploring interpersonal relationships, think comps The Wedding People and Shark Heart. #litfic #AmQuerying

Literary Fiction Market Pulse — 2026-08-17

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Literary Fiction

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A post from a couple of month ago with an interesting discussion. We enjoyed reading it then and, today, the topic is still relevant to querying authors. #amwriting #amquerying #writersky

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

To win Korean rights to Haruki Murakami's new novel, 10+ publishers had to pitch him their marketing plans. Imagine publishers competing to show how hard they'll sell your book, when most authors never get one at all. Munhakdongne won; October 2026. #booksky #amquerying #literaryfiction

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell and The Unknown by Riley Sager are mystery champions this week. Three separate P.S. Literary agents put out MSWL signals for thrillers. Also on the list: a book called Fruit Fly. #mysterybooks #writingcommunity #booksky #amwriting #AmQuerying #thrillerbooks

Mystery / Thriller Market Pulse — 2026-08-03

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Mystery / Thriller

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Kathryn Stockett got 60 rejections for “The Help.” Letter number 61 was a yes. That book then spent 100+ weeks on the NYT bestseller list and sold over 7 million copies. The whole career was sitting one letter past the 60th no. #amquerying #amwriting #pubtip #booksky lithub.com/the-most-rej...

The Most-Rejected Books of All Time

Tis (almost) the season for resolutions. If you’re a writer, here’s an idea: resolve to get rejected. 100 times this year, if you’re lucky. After all, some very famous books (and …

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Barbra Streisand wrote a children’s book. “And by the Way…” arrives March 2027. Her 2023 memoir ran 1,000 pages. This one’s 40. Those page counts wouldn’t fly for most debut authors but - you win the EGOT, you set your own terms :-) #booksky #amquierying www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804102...

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And by the Way... by Barbra Streisand: 9798217041787 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Iconic singer, actress, director, producer, and devoted mother and grandmother, Barbra Streisand writes her debut picture book with wisdom and love. Dress up, speak up, and dream big. Fill your back...

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Jennifer Lynn Barnes is running away with the YA list this week on the strength of the Gilded Blade. Agents are asking for genderqueer and trans voices, dystopian settings. 10 agents want to hear from YA writers. #publishing #yawriter #youngadult #writingcommunity #yabooks #AmQuerying

Young Adult Market Pulse — 2026-07-27

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Young Adult

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Staging Nuremberg by Sylvie Lindeperg leads the history list this week. It is about the US and Soviet Union fighting over how Nazi crimes would be told. Same courtroom, two competing versions of history. Shaping reality is an old craft. #publishing #AmQuerying #nonfiction #historybooks #historynerd

History Market Pulse — 2026-07-27

Weekly publishing volume and trends for History

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The 2026 Booker longlist runs from Djamel White, 28, to M. John Harrison, 81, publishing sci-fi since 1971. Harrison may become the oldest-ever Booker winner, passing Atwood (79 for “The Testaments”). Shortlist Sept 22. #booksky #publishing #amwriting thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

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The Booker Prize 2026 | The Booker Prizes

The longlist for the Booker Prize 2026 has been announced, featuring two previous winners and three debut novelists

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

After years of fracture and crisis books, politics readers are reaching for something different. Braver New World is about countries daring to try what others won't. Comparative or solutions-framed nonfiction leads the shelf this week, and readers want it. #booksky #politicsbooks #AmQuerying

Politics & Society Market Pulse — 2026-07-20

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Politics & Society

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Kevin Roose of NYT has a book on the AGI race: “The AGI Chronicles." He argues it could outweigh the real Manhattan Project, since the bomb could only destroy, while AI might either wreck things or transform science and medicine. What wins? #publishing www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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The New Manhattan Project: PW Talks with Kevin Roose

In ‘The AGI Chronicles’ (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Oct.), the journalist tracks the race to develop artificial intelligence that can match or surpass human capabilities.

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

232 romance-only bookstores have opened in the US in three years, from small-town Kentucky to Anchorage, mostly women-owned. For romance authors, they mean new shelves, launch events, signing venues where there were none. The genre is growing its own retail. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Romance Bookstores Are Surging Across the Country

In small towns and rural areas, booksellers are opening romance-focused stores that double as community spaces.

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Historical fiction isn't saturated, the familiar eras are. This week's shelf spans inquisition, the '60s, ancient Maya, Chelsea Hotel. Fascinating topics a bit away from mainstream. Agents are asking for works along the same lines: hist fic from underrepresented voices. #AmQuerying #pubtip #histfic

Historical Fiction Market Pulse — 2026-07-13

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Historical Fiction

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Who invented Bitcoin? John Carreyrou (Bad Blood) named his Satoshi Nakamoto suspect in the NYT back in April: Adam Back, the British cryptographer. Back said no. Now Knopf’s paid a reported $3M advance to Carreyrou for a book with a verdict that’s already public. #publishing #bitcoin #amquerying

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Dark energy is on the YA shelf this week. Where Lost Girls Go sits on top. Dystopian graphic novel Radio Free Amerika and demon-hunter manga are popular too. Agents are in the same mood, they want YA fantasy that's propulsive and has something real to say. #yabooks #AmQuerying #youngadult

Young Adult Market Pulse — 2026-07-13

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Young Adult

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The entry-level publishing pay has been famously brutal. Hachette staff just voted 388-130 to unionize; PRH raised its floor to $55K in response. Good news for anyone who wants their publicist to still be there at pub date. Fewer orphaned books. #publishing #amwriting #writersofbluesky

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Bardugo's Letters from Ketterdam is number one on Hardcover among readers of fantasy with a romantic bend. Knightley's enemies-to-lovers title sits right behind. Chuck Tingle rounds out the top three with his signature queer fantasy. #booksky #writersofbluesky #fantasybooksofbluesky #fantasybooks

Fantasy Market Pulse — 2026-07-06

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Fantasy

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Romance hit 9% above seasonal norms. Agents want romance that crosses lines this week. One camp is after cozy fantasy romance with a unique magic system. Another wants grounded contemporary with comps like How to End a Love Story. #romancewriter #writersofbluesky #romancebooks #AmQuerying #pubtip

Romance Market Pulse — 2026-07-06

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Romance

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Year-to-date sales of The Odyssey, a 3,000-year-old poem, are up 76% across all editions, per Circana BookScan, in anticipation of the film. Christopher Nolan brings the film to the big screen and the book to the shelves. #booksky #publishing

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This week Cory Doctorow's AI critique leads science readers by a wide margin. The AI anxiety is a potent topic drawing readers. The rest of the field is academic texts. One agent is after nature writing that pairs science with honest storytelling. #AmQuerying #pubtip #scicomm #nonfiction

Science & Nature Market Pulse — 2026-07-06

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Science & Nature

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Your new manuscript printed in year 2114. Slow even by trad publishing standards. But that is the Future Library project. The books will be printed on the trees planted now. Margaret Atwood, Elli Shafak, etc donated their new works. Catch - no one can’t read them before 2114. #booksky #amquerying

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Readers are picking thoughtful over flashy this week in science fiction. Isabel J. Kim leads the SF list. Tchaikovsky is right behind her. Tremblay's Philip K. Dick homage rounds out the top three. Publishing numbers below. Click image for more... #AmQuerying #scifibooks #booksky #scifiwriter

Science Fiction Market Pulse — 2026-07-06

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Science Fiction

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Memoir is a tough sell now and unknown writers face steep odds. Publishers want a big platform and social media following. The story must feel urgent and new. Hard criteria, hence most memoirs are self-pub. But agents still want particular stories... #memoir #nonfiction #AmQuerying #memoirwriter

Memoir Market Pulse — 2026-06-29

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Memoir

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

71% of new Religion books are self-published this week. Barbour Publishing leads. The publisher focuses on Christian fiction and nonfiction. The Ohio-based press is known for devotionals, Bibles, and inspirational reads. Understandably, they dominate the print numbers. #pubtip #AmQuerying #religion

Religion & Spirituality Market Pulse — 2026-06-29

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Religion & Spirituality

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

One user asked ChatGPT for ~28,000 variations of the same fanfic. A new study (“AI Fiction in the Wild,” UW + CU Boulder) found the top 2% of users drove 80%+ of the fiction in a 500K-chat dataset. The future of reading is one guy, the same story, forever :-( #skybooks #amquerying #publishing

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I read many books in this category and monitor it with interest. Science and Nature covers popular science, nature writing, ecology, astronomy, physics, biology, and climate. Each one draws its own readers and editors. Springer Nature leads. #AmQuerying #sciencebooks #scicomm

Science & Nature Market Pulse — 2026-06-29

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Science & Nature

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

History books cover the past in many forms. Readers buy accounts of wars, rulers, and empires. Ancient Rome, World War II, and the American Civil War sell well. Politics, culture, and past daily life all fit the genre. #AmQuerying #historynerd #writersofbluesky #historybooks

History Market Pulse — 2026-06-29

Weekly publishing volume and trends for History

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Simon & Schuster is reviving Pocket Books as a home for bestselling self-pub and hybrid authors. Focus is romance-first, print deals, launching Jan 2027. Are we watching the line between trad and indie publishing blurring? Or is it trad competing with Amazon? #publishing #amwriting

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Several big houses are active in politics and society right now. Oxford, Basic Books, and The New Press all buy in this space. Small presses like Beacon are open too. The numbers look steady this week across Politics and Society. #AmQuerying #currentevents #politicsbooks #nonfiction

Politics & Society Market Pulse — 2026-06-22

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Politics & Society

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

For the next week we are looking at the numbers for non-fiction genres. Health and Wellness covers nutrition, mental health, fitness, sleep, chronic illness, longevity, and integrative medicine titles. Running a bit slow. #amwriting #wellness #pubtip #AmQuerying #healthbooks

Health & Wellness Market Pulse — 2026-06-22

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Health & Wellness

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Mystery and thriller held steady this week relative to romance and literary fiction. Agents are showing appetite for psychological suspense and unreliable narrator setups. Time to get creative and a bit outside the norm. #pubtip #mysterybooks #crimewriter #thrillerbooks

Mystery / Thriller Market Pulse — 2026-06-22

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Mystery / Thriller

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Agent wishlists this week lean in opposite directions, with some actively seeking hard science fiction grounded in near future plausibility while others call specifically for expansive space opera with ensemble casts. Worth knowing before you query. #amwriting #scifiwriter #AmQuerying #scifibooks

Science Fiction Market Pulse — 2026-06-22

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Science Fiction

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Haberman & Swan’s “Regime Change” moved 300K+ copies in week one. Whatever else is true about books in 2026, the political blockbuster is alive and well. Next week, we’ll cover non-fiction publishing numbers to see how other genres are doing. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Regime...

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“Regime Change is exceptional. It transcends its genre...the book is packed with news that will stay news...This is reporting of consequence.” —Dav...

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Fantasy's running about 9% above seasonal baseline. Traditional publishing for the genre is still strong with 36 new titles. And agents are still actively posting about their interest in the genre. Look at the signals this week. #publishing #writersofbluesky #AmQuerying #fantasybooks

Fantasy Market Pulse — 2026-06-15

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Fantasy

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Romance continues to lead traditional publishing output by a wide margin, outpacing thriller, literary fiction, and science fiction in new title counts each quarter. #booksky #romancereads #romancebooks #romancewriter #AmQuerying

Romance Market Pulse — 2026-06-15

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Romance

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Agent signals were absent in the data this week for historical fiction, and that gap is worth watching. Only 9 titles reported from traditional houses. Self-pub is about at the baseline. #AmQuerying #histfic #publishing #historicalfiction

Historical Fiction Market Pulse — 2026-06-15

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Historical Fiction

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Entangled Publishing hired former Tinder CEO to build a wider platform beyond publishing romantasy. Makes us imagine a new way of reading books - swipe book covers, read the back blurb, have a date with the first chapter, then back to the queue. #publishing www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Faye Iosotaluno Joins Entangled as President, COO

In the newly created dual role, Faye Iosotaluno will oversee operations, new products, and brand development as the Fourth Wing publisher “expands beyond publishing into a diversified media platform,”...

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Literary fiction self-pub numbers move unevenly. That's true from year to year. How much do the prize seasons and workshop calendars drive it? We'll look into it in the future... The trad is steady for the category. #literarybooks #literaryfiction #publishing #AmQuerying

Literary Fiction Market Pulse — 2026-06-15

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Literary Fiction

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

YA's sitting 2% below seasonal baseline this week, not a red flag. Winter holidays are the traditional high time for the new tittles. But the summer is a quiet moment before things pick back up. Click on the image for a deeper look. #AmQuerying #writersofbluesky #booksky #yabooks #yawriter

Young Adult Market Pulse — 2026-06-15

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Young Adult

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Self-pub is basically running the mystery thriller table these days, 3 out of 4 new releases this week. Traditional houses still have reach, but the indie side's momentum is undeniable. Click the image for details and agent signals. #AmQuerying #thrillerbooks #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky

Mystery / Thriller Market Pulse — 2026-06-15

Weekly publishing volume and trends for Mystery / Thriller

Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

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Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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Submitme.app @submitme.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

👋We are Egor & Alex from SubmitMe.app. Just a couple, not a VC funded startup. When Egor finished his book, we launched into the querying process. It overwhelmed us! So we built this to make life easier for ourselves & for other writers. Try a demo submitme.app/open-demo #writingcommunity#AmQuerying