Publishers Weekly Top Stories

• New Titles from Self-Publishers: August 2019
  By PW Staff
• Ask the Editor: Knowing When to Use ‘That’
  Editor Betty Kelly Sargent answers writing questions submitted by readers.
  By Betty Kelly Sargent
• How the Absurdity of the Five-Paragraph Essay Inspired Rion Amilcar Scott's Novella
  The novella, "Special Topics in Loneliness Studies," is about a professor whose doomed class investigates loneliness through the syllabus.
  By Rion Amilcar Scott
• The Week in Libraries: August 23, 2019
  Among the week's headlines: why most authors are trying to get their e-books in libraries; the backlash continues over Macmillan's library e-book embargo; and publishers sue Audible over its Captions program.
• Writing the Past: An Indie Success Story
  An indie author looks to his ancestral history to write his debut children’s book.
  By Matia Madrona Query
• Print Units Have Another Down Week in August
  By PW Staff
• The Addiction Addict: PW Talks with David Heatley
  By Cheryl Klein
• Knowing Your Worth: Finding Value in Self-Publishing
  An author and publisher explains why writers shouldn’t let industry validation determine the value of their work.
  By Brooke Warner
• Flight Risk: PW Talks with John Hodgman
  By Elaine Szewczyk
• Down Ghostly Mean Streets: PW Talks with John Connolly
  By Lenny Picker