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Publishing news
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Every headline the publications we read published on this day. Industry headlines from the publishing news sources in our directory, read straight from the feeds they publish and linked back to them. We write none of it: every title and every summary below is theirs, and every link goes to their page.
Today's biggest stories
Saturday, September 12, 2026
- Do Authors Need Agents to Sell Their Work in the World of Film & Television? (opens in a new tab)
FundsforWriters9:33 am Eastern
The short answer to the title question is, “No.” The longer answer is, “No, but it would be extremely difficult to do so without one.” Agents exist for several reasons.
- News Summary: Self-Publishing Partnership Collapse Affects Around 100 Authors (opens in a new tab)
Self-Publishing Advice Center8:00 am Eastern
We end with an update on a story I reported on a week or so back, the collapse of the Self-Publishing Partnership (SPP). You will recall that authors had received emails seemingly out of the blue notifying them that the company would cease trading.
Sources
Every publication below publishes a feed and is listed in our directory. Being read here is not a recommendation, and the order is alphabetical.
- AAP News
- American Libraries
- Audio Publishers Association News
- Authors Guild Resource Library
- Authors Publish
- BookBaby Blog
- BookBub Partners Blog
- BookNet Canada Blog
- Copyright Alliance
- David Gaughran
- Draft2Digital Blog
- FundsforWriters
- IngramSpark Blog
- Jane Friedman
- Kirkus Reviews
- Literary Hub
- Lulu Blog
- Manuscript Wish List
- Nathan Bransford Blog
- Poets & Writers
- Publishers Association News
- Publishing Perspectives
- Query Shark
- QueryTracker
- Self-Publishing Advice Center
- The Book Designer
- The Bottom Line
- The Creative Penn
- The Scholarly Kitchen
- Writer Beware
Earlier days
Up to the last fourteen days, a page each, once there is something on them. Older headlines are deleted, because their own page is the one that stays current.
Every headline above is the publication’s own, linked to their page and nothing else, and the line under one is their own summary from their own feed, in their words. We copy no article text, publish no pictures, and write no summaries of our own. A publication that would rather not appear here can tell us at our contact page and we take it off.