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A husband-and-wife PR team will carry on the organization's legacy with ongoing support for the self-publishing community. more » »
Story Image Kensington Publishing Keeps It In the Family
As tight knit as ever, Kensington continues to innovate with increasing opportunities for hybrid authors. more » »
Story Image Book Deals: Week of August 4, 2025
Sara Birmingham at Random House bought North American rights, in a heated auction, to Maria, Maria by Jennifer Galvão, from Stephanie Delman at Trellis. more » »
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Summer Reads 2025
Featured PW Reviews of BookLife Projects

Story Image The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon’s Memoir
Laura Huie. Laura Huie, $2.99 trade paper (196p) ISBN 979-8-8650-9146-2
In this melancholy fantasy, Huie unspools a dragon’s centuries-long life story. more » »
Story Image Unicorns Can Be Deadly: A Discount Detective Mystery
Charlotte Stuart. Walrus, $17.95 trade paper (266p) ISBN 978-1-940442-51-8
Stuart’s fifth Seattle-set whodunit featuring PI Cameron Chandler succeeds as both a mystery and a poignant exploration of homelessness. more » »
Featured BookLife Reviews

Story Image The Prophecy
Kim Sakwa. Taggart Press LLC, $19.09 (394p) ISBN 978-1-73361-721-5
In the fantastic first entry of her Highland Lairds of the Crest series, Sakwa delivers a lively time-travel romance pairing a 21st-century physician and a 15th-century Scottish laird. more » »
Story Image Melodies in Black Ink
Clive Gilson. Clive Gilson, $34.99 (316p) ISBN 978-1-915081-33-9
Gilson offers a dark, poignant collection of genre-crossing stories, all inspired by songs, that explore the fragile intersections of love, loss, resilience, and the shadows we carry. more » »
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Indie News Roundup

Alliance of Independent Authors: Indie Author Milestones
A roundup of success stories from the ALLi community. more » »
IndieReader: 'The Happiness Experiment' by Carl B. Barney Tops the IndieReader Bestseller List
A rundown of the self-published books hitting IndieReader's weekly bestseller list. more » »
PW SELECT

The following are this week's books from PW Select, Publishers Weekly's marketing program for indie authors. To sign up your book for PW Select, click here.

QUACK Goes the Corgi by Nancy Kondos

The Death Of the Terror Bird by Mark Buhler

The Buckinchere Collection II by B. Lorenzo Buckinchere

Knights Without Ceremony: Insurrection by Ari Magnusson

A Truth Versus the Truth by Stephen B Roberts

Tears of a Patriot: An American Warrior in Vietnam by John E. Siipola

Book of Blood by Jaya Farrer

Twenty Poems of Poetry, Vol. 1 by Patricia Laverne Willis

Mama Sheep and the Mysterious Cup by Carlie Guerrier

The Way of Unity: Essential Principles and Preconditions for Peace by Robert Atkinson

From Tapas to Towers by Jasmina Rucic

Zephyr's Flight by Ray Strong

The Wounded Sky by Ray Strong

The Book of Chaos by Ray Strong

Torn by Richard Snodgrass

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