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Jesse Kuhn’s independent publishing company, Always Here, has sold more than 7,000 books and is on pace to reach 10,000 readers less than a year after launching its seven-book grief series.

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After losing her husband of 62 years, North Georgia educator Brenda Thurmond turned grief into a late-life writing career and is releasing three children’s books in September 2026. She is now booking speaking events, school visits, library…

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Anthony Peter Prior’s Abstract Words Are Vitamins, published April 29, 2026, is a poetry collection that uses abstract language, humor and visual imagination to explore identity, emotion and the movement of thought.

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Blue Balloon Books is publishing Neville’s Oasis, a new children’s picture book by award-winning author Joann Howeth, on Aug. 4, 2026. The book uses watercolor art and a desert journey to explore belonging, forgiveness and what home really means….

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RBmedia has acquired U.K. fiction publisher Boldwood Books and will add the company’s 2,000-title catalogue while keeping Boldwood operating as an independent business.

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Dr. Kerry Mitchell Brown’s new book, Revolutionary Leadership: A Power Playbook for Black Women, argues that organizations are overlooking Black women leaders and need to rethink how they define leadership.

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Rev. Bill Bean has released The Bean Files, a nonfiction collection of reported supernatural experiences tied to faith, spiritual warfare and lifelong investigation.

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New Jersey author and special education teacher Felicia L. Kenny is getting wider media attention for picture books centered on being autistic and biracial.

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JUSTSYSTEMS AMERICA has launched a new Smile Zemi feature called Books for children in Pre-K through Grade 5. The reward program gives subscribers three free books a week for six months after they complete daily lessons, aiming to build reading…

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Alexander Debelov and Stefania Leão are giving away free copies of their bestseller, along with food and water, to unhoused people in San Francisco’s Tenderloin.

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Houston’s Tex-Indie Author Book Fair returns Oct. 17 with more than 125 independent writers, free admission and workshops for aspiring authors.

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James Goldman has released two warehouse-focused books through Dirigold Publishing that target operations leaders, WMS project teams, and supply chain professionals.

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Su Che Publishing and author-singer Aditi Srivastava Modi have released Happy Rath Yatra: The Festival of Chariots, a new children’s nonfiction book tied to the festival’s annual celebrations in Puri, Odisha.

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Award-winning author Anita Selzer says the rise of women artists in U.S. museums should carry over into museum bookstores, where she sees a gap in books about women’s contributions to art history.

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Tommie Weber drew a sold-out crowd to Flutterbuy Books & More in Cape Coral, Florida, on July 25 for Chasing Miracles, and the independent bookstore called it its best sales day ever.

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Keith Engelhardt has released Daily NeuroNudges (Volume 1), a year-long book of short reflections, questions and meditative images aimed at readers looking for small daily shifts in self-esteem and success.

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Safety Spotters, the children’s imprint of UK AI-trust consultancy Verity AI, is giving parents and teachers free ebook copies of its online-safety detective stories for children ages 5 to 14. The giveaway comes as AI deepfakes, cloned voices and…

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Pamela Lewis’s Benjamin Franklin: America’s First Rockstar has been added to the Williamson County Library special collection on American history and Middle Tennessee.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers said Aug. 5, 2026, that it is launching Montgomery Station Press, a new imprint aimed at giving more nonfiction authors access to BK’s editorial, design, marketing and distribution infrastructure through a paid, tiered…

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Self-published author and civil engineer Courtney Kelly used the 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture in New Orleans to spotlight her new STEM children’s book, Celeste Paves the Way. Nearly 100 copies sold in three days as the book, booth design and…