Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
Libro.fm announced at the end of last week that it will soon be offering e-books through its platform. This marks yet another significant step in the general trend toward making it easier for devoted readers who want to support local bookstores to do so in whatever format they read. The post News Summary: Libro.fm Plans …
Welcome to Spammers and Scammers, our third edition in this series where we look at different scams targeting our indie author and publisher community so we can stay educated and protected from bad actors and sneaky service providers. This month… The post Spammers and Scammers: What to Do When Your Book Is Sold Under a …
It’s July of 1862, and Montgomery “Monty” Tolliver, one of the beleaguered president’s most trusted advisers, is sitting in Lincoln’s office. Today, Lincoln wants to hear Monty’s thoughts about how his Proclamation should be structured—should it apply only to the slave states, the border states, or to the whole country? And when should it be …
Poppy and Granddad’s Sunday tradition involves whipping up recipes from scratch. Not only does Granddad cook, he also collects memories and recipes from the whole family, which he documents in a scrapbook. Poppy loves hearing his stories about the rest of the family—and is especially excited to try making Great-Great-Granddad’s famous sweet potato pie. So …
After finding a love that was more than she’d ever hoped for, Claire Sutherland finds herself alone again. A boating accident left her a deeply traumatized orphan. A mysterious neurological ailment took her fiancé. When Elias’ mother invites her to their home for a memorial service, Claire hesitates at first. She’s never met any of …
British academic/researcher Challenger (How To Be Animal, 2017) takes off from, and frequently returns to, Aristotle’s thinking in this wide-ranging, sometimes confounding meditation on theories of what distinguishes life from non-life. For Aristotle, and for Challenger, life resides in the individual organism—whether plant, animal, or other—navigating in a world of other organisms as well as …
Introducing the main characters of “The Axe,” the narrator—omniscient, omnipotent, and jaded—suddenly pauses: “But none of that matters, because these aren’t real people, and it’s hard enough to hold onto your own memories without holding onto theirs.” Some of Row’s characters are aware that they’re characters; some of his narrators struggle against the constraints of …
Despite her brief moment of internet fame after catching a killer at a crime writing festival in A Novel Murder (2025), Jane is without an agent or publisher, and suffering from writer’s block. Still, she has journeyed from Cumbria to London’s Willow Tree Books to celebrate the publication of a debut thriller by her new …
In the near future, nearly everyone in the world is equipped with an Ego: “a neural augmentation device” that can tap into people’s senses and perceptions, developed by the Arc Corporation and mainly used for high-tech virtual-reality games. Arc has extensive contracts with the military and government and seems to be untouchable, until a series …
Manga has been growing in popularity for many years, and indie authors have been part of that resurgence. This week I was excited to see the launch of a group calling itself the Indie Manga Alliance. It is starting life as a group of five independent US-based publishers but clearly wants to establish itself beyond …