Lit Happens

Selecting the right genre to successfully market your book

*Points to the sign* If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times, book marketing is daunting! And understanding how to effectively position your book within the right genre is a crucial step.  Your book’s genre plays a pivotal role, both in defining your work and in guiding how it’s marketed and received. […]

Books Forward Authors in the Media: September 2024

What can we say, Books Forward authors are always going, going, going! We’re excited to feature some of our authors and their recent media wins. Janine Kovac wrote a piece for Salon about how dancers embrace their lives after retiring from dancing. History Central featured an excerpt from Manny Shwab and the George Dickel Company […]

Industry Interview with owner of Women Writers, Women’s Books, Barbara Bos

For our 2024 blog series, we’re highlighting industry professionals to find out more about their time in the book world. Follow along for insight on what catches a reviewer’s interest, things to avoid when pitching a media outlet, what librarians are searching for and more.  Today, we’re chatting with Barbara Bos, the managing editor and […]

Books Paired with Sabrina Carpenter Lyrics to Celebrate the Release of Short n’ Sweet 

First and foremost, up until “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” summer, I would not have called myself a Sabrina Carpenter fan (#TeamOlivia obvi). But I, like the rest of TikTok and the whole of planet Earth, could not get away from the insidiously catchy lyrics: I’m working late, ’cause I’m a singerrrrr. That led me […]

New contemporary novel explores love, loss and connection amid adversity

Heartfelt story explores immigration and family separation  Cleveland, OH – Award-winning author Joseph Bauer is releasing a new novel that poignantly explores the complexities of immigration and the effect current policies have on personal and family relationships. In “Sailing for Grace” (September 15, 2024, Running Wild Press), a man’s promise to his dying wife leads […]

Debut author encourages women to embrace their twenties with candor and humor

Perfect for fans of “Everything I Know About Love” by bestseller Dolly Alderton Santa Barbara, CA – Organized through the cycles of the moon, Jenna Tico’s personal humor essays and poetry collection, “Cancer Moon: How I Survived the Best Years of My Life” (She Writes Press, September 17, 2024 – a full harvest supermoon!), vulnerably […]