What’s happening in the book world
Readings and signings in Colorado, online workshops open to anyone, submission windows, and the industry news worth knowing about.
The calendar
The dates above are placeholders. Send the real calendar and each row takes the date, venue and booking link as written.
A signing from the Western Reflections calendar, kept here as a record rather than an upcoming date.
Updates worth an author’s attention
Retail & distribution
Changes to store requirements, metadata rules and royalty terms, summarised in plain English.
Rights & contracts
What is changing in publishing agreements, and the clauses to read twice.
Awards & submissions
Open calls, prize deadlines and festival programmes, with the dates that matter.
Tools & technology
What is genuinely useful, and what is noise. See our author tools page.
Events and openings, once a month
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