This week! Books!

First up, I’ll be traveling to New York City next week (let’s meet up!), so there will be no blog posts/newsletters. But I’ll still be working and emailing, so don’t hesitate to reach out if you need editing.

On the Rise and Fall of Publishing’s “Make Book” – Maris Kreizman, Lit Hub – Back when my publishing contemporary Maris Kreizman was at Simon & Schuster in the early aughts, publishers would take chances on debuts and pour in concerted effort to try to make them a hit, thus launching an author’s longer career. What’s happened since? Corporate consolidation and publishing employees spread thin, which is increasingly leaving it to indie presses to nurture authors’ careers.

Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed – Adam Morgan, Wired – Macmillan launched an internal AI tool called “No Ordinary Assistant” to great fanfare. Well, pour one out for No Ordinary Assistant because it is now dead. Meanwhile, in the wake of AI-hallucinated quotes in jacket copy and an inability to get publishers to promise not to use AI, some bestselling authors are considering leaving traditional publishers entirely. Killer quote for the kicker:

“Publishers have always seen authors as a bit of a nuisance, and now there’s a desire to make us obsolete,” says one bestselling Big Five author. “What’s fascinating to me is that in the process of trying to make authors obsolete by using AI, the publishers are rendering themselves obsolete.”

Trying Not to Sound Like AI Is Changing How We Write (gift link) – Morgan Meaker, Bloomberg – In further bleak news, some authors are trying to adjust how they write in order to avoid sounding like AI. This strikes me as the worst possible outcome. Say no to AI purity tests! How hard is it to just judge the finished product on its own merits?

Sarah J. Maas, Inc. – Sam Spratford, Publishers Weekly – Sarah J. Maas’s new novel A Court of Splintered Harmony is here, bringing with it a slew of merch that includes lingerie, pajamas, and Target-exclusive Kettle Corn, including a quite yeesh quote from the apparel CEO about the waterproof nature of the underwear. Fan reaction has been rather mixed.

Be Very Afraid. Horror Bookstores Are Multiplying! (gift link) – Erik Piepenburg, New York Times – Horror bookstores are multiplying like zombies.

Writers Are Making Millions Selling Short Stories to Hollywood (gift link) – Ash Wu, New York Times – Hollywood is snatching up short stories these days, a lucrative enterprise for the writers able to place them.

Catapult Books is being sold; authors mourn a major loss to L.A.’s literary scene – Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times – Independent press Catapult, which housed Counterpoint and Soft Skull Press, is now shuttering, a unique blow to the Los Angeles lit scene.

Fake film deals and emails from top agents: who is behind the explosion in literary scams? – Snigdha Poonam, The Guardian – And another deep dive on the pervasive scams targeting authors. Be safe out there!

This week in bestsellers

Here are the top five NY Times bestsellers in a few key categories. (All links are affiliate links):

Adult print and e-book fiction:

1. Miss Wolcott’s Ghost by Louise Penny
2. Chain Reaction by Lee Child and Andrew Child
3. Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros
4. The Family Cross by James Patterson
5. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

Adult print and e-book nonfiction:

1. In the Shadow of Eight by Collin Gosselin
2. WTF America?! by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas and Jordy Meiselas
3. America’s Golden Age by Newt Gingrich
4. Andy’s Bravo Scrapbbook by Andy Cohen
5. Uniting the States by Brian Kilmeade

Young adult hardcover:

1. Trust Fall by Lynn Painter
2. The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth
3. Wings of Reverie by Anna Bright
4. Our Strange Duet by Erin A. Craig
5. Devoured by Jordan Stephanie Gray

Middle grade hardcover:

1. The Wild Zone by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh
2. Building 903 by Lois Lowry
3. Dragonborn: The Twilight Child by Struan Murray
4. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
5. The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs by America’s Test Kitchen Kids

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Sexy werewolves, boy-toy mafiosos, homeless guys who are secretly billionaires: Welcome to the world of the microdrama. (gift link) – Daniel Kolitz, New York Times – The new penny dreadfuls are lurid and inane short vertical videos being churned out by the dozens, increasingly by AI. As much as Hollywood and traditional publishers may not like it, this is the result when you follow the money and give the people what they want.

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This week! Books!

First up, a quick housekeeping matter. If you tried reaching out to me in the past few weeks and haven’t heard back from me, please try again, sorry! I had a bug with my contact form that I’m working to get fixed. The form still throws up an error message, but now I’ll at least see your message.

The New Age of Reading – Nathan Heller, The New Yorker – The latest extensive profile of Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt, who believes–or at least is projecting–optimism about our book reading future, with his focus on empowering local stores to tailor offerings to their community.

Are We in a Reading Monoculture? – Véronique Hyland, Elle – We live in a world with endless, instantaneous variety at our fingertips, so why does it seem like everyone’s reading the same small handful of books? Maris Kreizman cites the trickle-down effect of declining review publications and corporate consolidation, Lincoln Michel cites the blockbuster model, Ochuko Akpovbovbo cites a desire for readers to be a part of The Discourse. Recognizing this, some readers are branching out via independent bookstores and Bookstagrammers for something new.

The Blockbuster Culture of Publishing – Kathleen Schmidt, Publishing Confidential – Reacting to the Elle article, publicist Kathleen Schmidt goes back to the 1990s, when John Grisham, Oprah’s Book Club, and Harry Potter ushered in a hyperblockbuster era. What’s new is the feeling, amplified by social media, that everyone’s reading the same thing.

My own take: It has always been thus. A few handful of books break out every year. The overwhelming majority are forgotten to time. What’s new is our surprise that the world still operates this way. Luckily now it’s easier than ever to find and access something outside of the mainstream.

Book trends move fast. Can publishers keep up with readers? – Josh Rivera, USA Today – Another wrinkle in today’s publishing climate: publishers are still operating by the blockbuster model. But publishers are increasingly chasing trends amplified by readers, rather than setting the trends themselves.

Why the Book World Remains Obsessed With Celebrity Memoirs (gift link) – Alice Robb, Bloomberg – One thing will absolutely never change: readers (and therefore publishers) love themselves a juicy celebrity memoir.

Of Course It’s the Screens. Who Are We Kidding? – Lincoln Michel, Counter Craft – Regarding the much-ballyhooed “end of reading,” if such a thing exists, author Lincoln Michel argues It’s the Screens, Stupid.

Kindle Unlimited is now Kindle+, KDP audiobooks now included – Kindle Direct Publishing – Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program is folding in audiobooks and rebranding as Kindle+. My own take if you care about cultivating a thriving literary ecosystem: 1) Don’t give Amazon exclusive rights to your books, which Kindle Unlimited requires, and 2) Shop and read elsewhere, preferably from your local independent bookstore, otherwise Bookshop.org.

FTC sues Amazon, alleging it overcharged advertisers – Ramishah Maruf, CNN – In case you need another reason to ditch Amazon, but the FTC sued Amazon in August, who allegedly lied about its ad model to overcharge advertisers, including authors trying to promote their books. (I missed this until I saw it in David Gaughran’s newsletter this week.)

YouTube Is Looking to Expand Into Audiobooks – Alexandra Bruell and Anne Steele, Wall Street Journal – Meanwhile, YouTube is the latest tech behemoth looking to get in on the audiobook action.

Statement Following Four Justices’ Recusals in Major Copyright Petition – Fix the Court – In truly wild situation, because four Supreme Court justices have been published by Penguin Random House and will recuse themselves from cases involving PRH, the Supreme Court no longer has a quorum and can’t rule on any case involving Penguin Random House, leaving appeals court rulings in place.

Sally Rooney Is Not Financially Supporting Terrorists (gift link) – Martin Ivens, Bloomberg – If you need convincing that Sally Rooney is not in fact supporting terrorists and that her books should still be for sale in the U.K., you’re welcome to read Martin Ivens’ op-ed about what’s happening.

‘It feels quite frightening’: readers rush to snap up Sally Rooney books as stocks dwindle amid Palestine Action ban – Emma Loffhagen, The Guardian – In true Streisand Effect fashion, Sally Rooney’s books are flying off the shelves in the U.K., but stocks are dwindling.

The Paradox of African Writing and AI (gift link) – Tope Folarin, The Atlantic – Author Tope Folarin argues that AI detectors are creating a new hurdle for African writers to prove their humanity.

Children’s Authors Feel Impact of School Budget Cuts – Zack Barnes, Publishers Weekly – Budget cuts are cutting into author visits to schools, which historically has been a crucial way of promoting new middle grave novels in particular.

This week in bestsellers

Here are the top five NY Times bestsellers in a few key categories. (All links are affiliate links):

Adult print and e-book fiction:

1. Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros
2. The Witch by Freida McFadden
3. The French Illusion by John Grisham
4. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
5. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett

Adult print and e-book nonfiction:

1. In the Shadow of Eight by Collin Gosselin
2. Out of the Shadows by Jay Stratton
3. Vibe by Adam Grant
4. One Helluva Ride by Michael Douglas
5. Blockers by Michael Lewis

Young adult hardcover:

1. Trust Fall by Lynn Painter
2. The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth
3. The Pools by E. Lockhart
4. Devoured by Jordan Stephanie Gray
5. Our Strange Duet by Erin A. Craig

Middle grade hardcover:

1. The Wild Zone by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh
2. Building 903 by Lois Lowry
3. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
4. The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs by America’s Test Kitchen Kids
5. Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono

This week on the blog

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Lance Oppenheim Is Going Places (gift link) – Alex Barasch, Vulture – Like everyone else who’s seen it, I’m now obsessed with Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything. I very much enjoyed this profile on 30-year-old filmmaker Lance Oppenheim.

Have a great weekend!

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This week! Books!

Sally Rooney Says Her Novels Will No Longer Be Sold in U.K. (gift link) – Stephen Castle, New York Times – In a truly preposterous and chilling turn of events, Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be for sale in the UK because of her support for Palestine Action, an organization proscribed as a terrorist organization after they vandalized some RDF planes.

Print Sales Stay Flat Through September – Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly – Print sales are flat year of year, with adult fiction buttressing flagging nonfiction and flat children’s book sales.

Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting – Adam Morgan, Wired – Even as traditional publishers pursue lawsuits against the major AI companies for plagiarism, they’re pushing staff to incorporate AI into their workflows and many employees are bristling. An aside in the article, which will loom large over the next few links: ““Every single imprint has a story of someone very esteemed who had a book canceled because of blatant AI use” without ever making the news, one editor says.”

Acclaimed Author Denies Using A.I. but Admits Plagiarism (gift link) – Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times – The latest “Did they use AI to write their novel” scandal involves Haitian-Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien, with plagiarism accusations to boot. He admits to the plagiarism, but not to the AI.

When Black Writers Are Guilty Until Proved Human (gift link) – Doyle D. Calhoun, New York Times – It’s hardly coincidental that nearly every scandal over AI authorship has involved a Black author. Groups with nefarious agendas are amplifying these claims, seeking to reclaim a literary fortress that has only barely started to open its doors.

The Lucrative World of Literary Scams – Snigdha Poonam, The Dial – To be an author these days is to be drowned in scams pouring in from every corner of the internet. Snigdha Poonam goes deep down the rabbit hole.

The Plucky Publishing House That Keeps Winning Nobels (gift link) – Ronda Kaysen, New York Times – Fourteen New Directions authors have now received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Quite a track record.

The Quilting Novel That Stormed the Best-Seller List (gift link) – Elisabeth Egan, New York Times – How Eli McCann’s novel about a quilting circle in Utah, published by a small nonprofit press, became a bestseller. McCann had to resist pushes to change the setting, the age of the characters, and adding romance along the way.

In Which Winnie-the-Pooh Turns 100 – Ron Charles – Winnie-the-Pooh and friends are 100, thanks for noticing.

What Can You Control in Trad Publishing? – Kate McKean, Agents + Books – Going down the traditional publishing route certainly has its upsides, but one downside is a loss of control. Agent and author Kate McKean delves into what authors can and can’t approve throughout the process.

This week in bestsellers

Here are the top five NY Times bestsellers in a few key categories. (All links are affiliate links):

Adult print and e-book fiction:

1. The Witch by Freida McFadden
2. Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros
3. Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King and Peter Straub
4. Partita by Barbara Kingsolver
5. The French Illusion by John Grisham

Adult print and e-book nonfiction:

1. One Helluva Ride by Michael Douglas
2. Blockers by Michael Lewis
3. The Steps by Sylvester Stallone
4. Swan Song by Charles Spencer
5. Devil on My Shoulder by Alice Cooper

Young adult hardcover:

1. The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth
2. Trust Fall by Lynn Painter
3. Devoured by Jordan Stephanie Gray
4. Wondrous by Heather Fawcett
5. Our Strange Duet by Erin A. Craig

Middle grade hardcover:

1. The Wild Zone by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh
2. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
3. Building 903 by Lois Lowry
4. The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs by America’s Test Kitchen Kids
5. Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono

This week on the blog

In case you missed them, here are this week’s posts:

• How to format a book manuscript

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And finally:

Choose Your Overlord (gift link) – Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic – Two men with galactic egos increasingly influence events not just on this planet, but beyond. A deep dive into the interplanetary ambitions of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.

Have a great weekend!

Need help with your book? I’m available for manuscript edits, query critiques, and coaching!

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If you’re pursuing traditional publishing, or even if you’re self-publishing or hybrid publishing and planning to share your work with editors and designers, proper formatting is by far the easiest thing you can do to make your project appear as professional as possible.

Literary agents and the various professionals you will work with throughout the process will absolutely view your manuscript as a proxy for your overall digital fluency. Being bad with computers is not necessarily a total dealbreaker, but there are more demands on authors than ever, and it could hurt your chances.

There isn’t an ironclad industry standard format for manuscripts that’s as exacting as, say, a Chicago Manual of Style. Instead, there are a mix of “must haves” and “some people do these things.”

What I’ll cover in this post:

• Why you shouldn’t mimic the formatting of a finished book
• Manuscript formatting must-haves
• Optional manuscript formatting
• A sample manuscript with proper formatting

Why you shouldn’t mimic the formatting of a finished book

Above all: Do not mimic the formatting of a finished book.

It’s not a book yet. It’s a manuscript. It needs manuscript formatting, not book formatting.

This also means you don’t need a copyright page, and it’s premature to include add-ons like acknowledgments.

Here’s why this matters: agents, editors, and other publishing professionals are very used to reading manuscripts with industry standard formatting. Read enough manuscripts this way, and you’ll quickly internalize the “rhythm” that this formatting confers. It starts to feel very weird to read and/or edit a manuscript in any other way.

I’ve been reading manuscripts for over twenty years now. If I ever receive a manuscript that’s not set to industry standard formatting, the absolute first thing I do is to fix the formatting.

Don’t waste a publishing professional’s time. Get the formatting right the first time.

Manuscript formatting must-haves

A cover page

If you’re submitting to literary agents, it’s helpful to start with a cover page that includes:

• Your book’s title.
• Your name.
• Your contact information. Phone number and email suffices these days, but fine to include your physical address if you want to.
• Your book’s genre.
• The word count.

There aren’t hard and fast rules about what goes where, just make it legible. I would strongly recommend against including cover art.

Font

There’s only one way with the font: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Back when I started in publishing, Courier was also an acceptable font choice, but Courier has gone the way of three martini lunches.

Yes, different word processing applications have different default fonts. Doesn’t matter. Change it to Times New Roman.

Double-spacing

Manuscripts should be double-spaced. This means, very simply, double spacing without any changes. Do not add extra spacing before or after paragraphs.

Do not get crazy with facing pages or anything else that makes your manuscript look like a book, which, as previously referenced, it is not yet.

Margins, justification, and indents

One inch margins all around. Top, bottom, and sides all one inch. Double-check this, because some programs default to 1.25″ or 1.5″.

Your manuscript should be left justified. Not full. All words should be spaced evenly.

Every new paragraph needs a 0.5″ indent. How to do it:

• Best: Set an automatic indent for new paragraphs, which will save your future interior designer a step.
• Fine: Use tabs for new paragraphs
• Red flag: Spaces for idents. Don’t. Do. This.

Number your pages

Make sure you number your pages, either in the header or footer.

There aren’t rules here, but I tend to think it’s a good idea to include your last name with the page number in case your prospective agent prints your manuscript and gets trapped in a windstorm.

Page breaks after the end of chapters

New chapters should start on a new page.

And use the page break function in your processing programs–not returns–or else editing will swiftly turn your manuscript into an absolute mess.

Also, even if you use chapter titles, number your chapters so the various people giving you feedback can easily reference the chapter number, which is easier than referencing a chapter title.

Section breaks

If you have section breaks within your chapters, in addition to using extra spaces, include three asterisks or some other symbol to denote the break so it’s clear it’s not a mistake or missable in situations where the section break falls near the end of the page.

Give your manuscript to the publishing professional in the exact format they request

If a literary agent has their own criteria for formatting a manuscript, follow that. An agent’s submission requirements trump everything.

And if an agent asks to see your manuscript in a Microsoft Word file, send them a Microsoft Word file (.docx). Do not send them a PDF. Or a link to Google Docs or anything else.

If they ask to see a PDF, send them a PDF. Do not send them a Microsoft Word file.

Every major word processing program can export into different formats. Follow the agent’s preferences.

Optional manuscript formatting

Chapter break spacing

Some writers don’t include extra spacing for chapter breaks and just get straight to Chapter X. Some writers include quite a lot of extra padding.

The only rule for chapter breaks is that they need to start on a new page. Apart from that, you do you. (Within reason).

Personally, I include one extra space before the chapter title and one extra space after.

Changing the font for ephemera

Unless you’re going for something very experimental, I’d recommend sticking to Times New Roman throughout the manuscript, even for ephemera like diary entries, newspaper clippings, and text messages that may be formatted differently in the final book.

Did I mention your format is not a book yet? It’s not a book. So stick to Times New Roman, and err on the side of setting your ephemera apart with extra spaces or italics.

But above all, focus on making your manuscript readable. There are times when it might make sense to change the font for some kinds of ephemera (such as recurring robot messages), but only do it because it makes the reading experience clearer. Therefore, choose a readable second font.

Cursive fonts to denote handwriting, for instance, will probably make someone’s eyes bleed.

Italicizing a character’s inner monologue in a third person narrative

It’s become a convention but it’s not a standard to italicize a character’s first person thoughts within a third person narrative, such as: “Why do I find this all so complicated, he thought.”

There is perennial social media beef about this, but there are no rules. There’s room for author discretion here.

A sample manuscript with proper formatting

I’m going to give you a sample manuscript with proper formatting that you can download and modify to use as your own.

Before I give you the link, some housekeeping: please do not ask me for edit access to this Google Doc. I want to keep it as-is for others to enjoy.

To download it and start using it, go through the File menu within the doc, and download it to a Word file. Or click “Make a copy” if you want to use it in Google Docs:

Now then…

• Here’s a properly formatted manuscript.

See anything I missed? Have any questions? Take to the comments!

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This week! Books!

I’m on the road this weekend, so links only without commentary, but there are lots of good ones!

Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (gift link) – Alex Marshall, New York Times

Here Are the Finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards (gift link) – Ash Wu, New York Times

No, the National Book Awards are not ‘the literary world’s D.E.I. checklist.’ – Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe

The NHL Is Releasing Its Own ‘Hot’ Fanfic. Romance Lovers Hate It – Kate Taylor, Wired

From the ‘Halo’ Mastermind, an A.I. Apocalypse – Alexandra Alter, New York Times

MacKenzie Scott Can’t Escape the Amazon Juggernaut – Rhoda Feng, The New Yorker

Who Does Pangram Really Benefit? – Kathleen Schmidt, Publishing Confidential

Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Author of Seminal Anticolonial Novel, Dies at 98 (gift link) – Adam Nossiter, New York Times

Dispelling the Myth of Cormac McCarthy as Cowboy-Artist (gift link) – Wyatt Mason, New York Times

Leigh Bardugo on 50 Years of Interview with the Vampire and the Immortality of Anne Rice’s Lestat – Leigh Bardugo, Lit Hub

Are You Doing It for the ‘Gram? – Kate McKean, Agents + Books

The Transition to the Middle – Donald Maass, Writer Unboxed

This week in bestsellers

Here are the top five NY Times bestsellers in a few key categories. (All links are affiliate links):

Adult print and e-book fiction:

1. Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros
2. The French Illusion by John Grisham
3. Verity by Colleen Hoover
4. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
5. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett

Adult print and e-book nonfiction:

1. The Steps by Sylvester Stallone
2. Swan Song by Charles Spencer
3. The American Way of Killing by Malcolm Gladwell
4. The Cauldron by Simon Sebag Montefiore
5. What Could Possibly Go Right? by Danny Meyer

Young adult hardcover:

1. Trust Fall by Lynn Painter
2. Barbie: Dreamscape by Alex Aster
3. The Siren by Tomi Adeyemi
4. Our Strange Duet by Erin A. Craig
5. Wings of Reverie by Anna Bright

Middle grade hardcover:

1. The Wild Zone by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh
2. Building 903 by Lois Lowry
3. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
4. Game of Pets: The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Aaron Blabey
5. We Really Like Cooking Slop! by Mo Willems and Cher Willems

This week on the blog

In case you missed them, here are this week’s posts:

• How to find editing when you can’t afford editing

And keep up with the discussion in all the places!

• Follow me on Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter

And finally:

‘Take These Pictures and Run’ – Why Deana Lawson, one of photography’s greatest contemporary portraitists, suddenly found herself drawn to the “wall of shame.” (gift link) – Susan Dominus, New York Times Style Magazine

Have a great weekend!

Need help with your book? I’m available for manuscript edits, query critiques, and coaching!

For my best advice, check out my online classes, my guide to writing a novel, and my guide to publishing a book.

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