Publishing Previews
Summer 2025 Publishing Preview
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer across the United States. But in my life, with exams finished and law school graduation a few days away, summer is starting a bit early.
Winter + Spring 2025 Publishing Preview
The publishing world can be divided into three seasons: winter/spring, summer, and fall. Summer releases, which cover May through August, are known for buzzy beach reads. Fall books, released from September through November, are defined by literary heavy hitters. The winter/spring season, which runs from January through April, covers a range of genres a…
Fall 2024 Publishing Preview
Fall is my favorite time of year in publishing. For reasons unexplained to me, publishers have designated fall the season of literary fiction; i.e. the types of books that are later nominated for prizes. With the presidential election in November, however, the publishing calendar has been accelerated and concentrated into the month of September with a s…
Summer 2024 Publishing Preview
Summer is right around the corner and publishers are gearing up to release the best books to bring on vacation. This year, however, publishers are also moving up the publication of some literary heavyweights in anticipation of the presidential election in the fall. This means that we get the best of both worlds this summer: buzzy and lighter books in ta…
Winter + Spring 2024 Publishing Preview
While four seasons define the year, I think of the publishing world as having only three. Summer releases, which come out from May through August, are known for buzzy beach reads. Fall books, released from September through November, (December is a holiday dead-zone), are known for literary heavy hitters. The hybrid winter-spring releases from January t…
Fall 2023 Publishing Preview
While summer might be known in the publishing industry for the release of buzzy beach books, fall is marked as the season of literary heavy hitters. Starting with the first Tuesday of September, publishers start rolling out the books that they think will be critically acclaimed and up for prestigious prizes, ranging from short stories to literary to his…
Summer 2023 Publishing Preview
Summer is a prime season for new releases. While the fall is known for the publication of literary heavyweights, summer is filled with books for people to bring on vacation or to read in their newly discovered downtime. The result is a range of highly readable, entertaining, and propulsive novels released in batches every Tuesday of the summer.