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Story Image Drag Story Hour Debuts LGBTQ+ Book Club
Drag Story Hour, which will celebrate 10 years of fabulous wigs and picture books this December, has launched a book club, Queer Visitors, for LGBTQ+ adults and allies. more » »
Story Image Book Deals: Week of July 21, 2025
Nadxieli Nieto, in her first purchase at Algonquin, preempted world English rights to Dust by Theresa Hottel from Carla Briner at Pontas Literary & Film, with Clare Smith at Abacus taking U.K. rights. more » »
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Story Image Strawberry Gold
Chris Gerrib. World Castle, $3.99 e-book (275p) ASIN B0DJDFSP14
Sci-fi author Gerrib delivers a solid suspense debut; this grown-up Goonies riff is a treat. more » »
Story Image The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon’s Memoir
Laura Huie. Laura Huie, $2.99 trade paper (196p) ISBN 979-8-8650-9146-2
In this melancholy fantasy, Huie unspools a dragon’s centuries-long life story. more » »
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Story Image The Covert Buccaneer: A Novel
S. Lucia Kanter St. Amour. Pactum Factum Press, $19.95 (388p) ISBN 979-8-9927528-1-6
The Covert Buccaneer is a riveting testament to women’s courage and legacy throughout history. more » »
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Rita A. Gordon. Rita A. Gordon, $33.99 (314p) ASIN B0FCLV1CNN
Gordon revisits the wealthy Adler family in this marriage-of-convenience romance. more » »
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Story Image Avoiding Rookie Errors
A writer shares five things she wishes she’d known before publishing her first book. more » »
Story Image Wise Words in Strange Places
An author and historian revitalizes a collection of illustrated nursery rhymes. more » »

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Indie News Roundup

Writers Helping Writers: Avoiding Purple Prose
Purple prose is one of those writing problems that’s easy to see in someone else’s work but hard to spot in our own. more » »
IndieReader: 'The Happiness Experiment' by Carl B. Barney Tops the IndieReader Bestseller List
A rundown of the self-published books hitting IndieReader's weekly bestseller list. more » »
PW SELECT

The following are this week's books from PW Select, Publishers Weekly's marketing program for indie authors. To sign up your book for PW Select, click here.

Revolutionary War and the American Trailblazers: Quest of a Patriotic American Family by John Houck

Glory Spirit: Apostles Carrying the Story by Jacob Klein

Sun Walker by Dave Schafer

Alien Trucker by Jeremy Haladyna

Bullies, Bosses & Betrayal by Attorney Shenandoah Titus

The Shroud Project by Edward S. Zalewski

The Light in the Invading Darkness by Daniel Big Plume

The Site: Illustrated by Carlos Valrand

Salvo by Randy Lee Higgins Ph.D.

Booked by Gloria Iatridis and Olivia Iatridis

Luisita Is Sick/ Luisita está enferma (English and Spanish Edition) by Dora Przybylek

From Trauma to Triumph by Dr. Robin Gethers

Body Language Alive by Cody Sweet, Ph.D.

Grace to Birth Revival by Ric Steininger

Freewill Giving in Christianity by Joseph Donkoh

The Locked Safe: A Family Memoir by Miriam E. David with Charlotte Reiner

Salmon Swimming Upstream and Homebound by Stephen E. Johnson

Why Is Daddy Always Mad? by Natasha Frazier

Click here to see all the recent titles enrolled in PW Select, or click here to sign up your book for the program.

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