Unsolicited Manuscript
Abigail Monti, Mallory StockAn inside peek at all things book publishing.
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Is Summer Really a "Slow Season" in Book Publishing?
Every year around this time, you start hearing the same thing repeated across the publishing industry: “It’s slow season.”
And, to be fair, in a lot of ways it is. For starters, a large chunk of the industry shifts to summer Fridays, peopl...
What Makes a Cookbook Worth Publishing in 2026?
If you've spent any amount of time on Substack researching book proposals, cookbook publishing, or how literary agents actually think, there’s a good chance you've come across .
Or, perhaps you’ve seen my recent Q&A in her newsletter?
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Everything Authors and Publishers Should Take Away from the 2026 US Book Show
Last week, I attended the 2026 US Book Show, presented by Publishers Weekly. In the span of eight hours, I filled up nine pages of notes on everything from AI discoverability to the future of community-building.
Rather than recap every pr...
On the Overconsumption of Books
I recently saw a hot take where someone compared the proliferation of publishing to the rise of fast fashion.
It wasn’t hard to see where they were coming from.
In 2025 alone, more than four million unique ISBNs hit the marketplace—the...
5 Book Event Ideas That Aren’t Just “Reading & Signing”
When your book’s publication date is looming, and it’s time to start thinking about a potential tour (or even just a few local events), there’s one major question on every author’s mind: Well, what kind of event can I offer?
Bookstores—par...
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