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Izzy, An Octopus Tale by Charles Rawlings, MD, JD; Leah Perez; and Morgan Rawlings won the NYC Big Book Award’s Childrens Educational category.

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Pelham Ledger is leaning into niche accounting for independent publishers, production companies and freelance creatives, drawing on more than 30 years of controller and CFO experience.

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Kay Louise Bowen’s novel Secrets II Vengeance & Revenge was named a winner in the Psychological Thriller category at the NYC Big Book Award, adding international recognition to her earlier Independent Press Award success.

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Theoretical physicist Kurt A. Langfeld has released First Light Rising, a debut novel set to explore a man who stops aging, draws the attention of governments and an ancient civilization, and reframes interstellar travel around longevity instead…

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Larry M. Weiner’s new science-fiction noir novel, Anne Manx and the Shadow of Doubt, pairs a murder mystery with an online clue-hunting challenge that lets readers help solve the case.

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Measure Publishing LLC will release Hope, Unfailing, Pope Francis’ final book, in English this fall 2026. The 176-page edition brings his reflections on hope, despair, war, migration, climate and technology to a new audience for the first time….

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The NYC Big Book Award named Not In This World by Jane Scott Stuart and Elaine Flowers a winner in African American Fiction.

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Michele Leigh Greene is publishing a raw new nonfiction book, Welcome to the World’s Worst Club, that rejects tidy stages and timelines for loss.

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Ansell Publishing has released a nonfiction book by Jason Ansell that examines the Lindsay Clancy trial, which ended in a mistrial on Sept. 4, 2026 after jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict.

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Devon Spier’s Heart Map and the Song of Our Ancestors was named a Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award’s Judaism category.

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Szilvia S. Jennings’ children’s early chapter book Sophie Moon and the Honeybees earned a Distinguished Favorite honor at the 2026 NYC Big Book Awards.

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Mr. Kind has released Tina’s Trumpet, a new children’s picture book from Youthwide, LLC that follows a lonely girl and the stray dog who changes her life.

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Really Big Coloring Books has released an 86-page illustrated reference on Democratic Socialists of America, covering the group’s history, leaders, elections, ideas and internal conflicts from 1982 to 2026. The book arrives as DSA and its allies…

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Monty McCoy, founder and principal of McCoy Ven. LLC, contributed a chapter to a new anthology about the value businesses create beyond revenue and scale.

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Influential Women is featuring Michelle A. Laliberte, an Akron-based author and publisher who has spent nearly four decades translating environmental health experience into books, videos, and educational tools for families.

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Joseph Howse’s The Circus and the Atom won top honors in World Literature and Audiobook-Fiction at the 2026 NYC Big Book Award, with additional recognition for cover design.

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Gary E Smith’s And So It Goes won first place in the Political Thriller category at the 2026 NYC Big Book Award.

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The Lab Press is turning its first year of publishing into an awards run, with honors across the IPPY Awards, IBPA, Foreword INDIES and other book and design contests.

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Bankole Thompson’s forthcoming seventh book ties today’s questions about democracy, race and power to Saturday conversations he once had in Detroit with federal Judge Damon J. Keith and Black publisher Sam Logan.

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Really Big Coloring Books has launched a national submission portal for authors, illustrators, educators and independent publishers to get completed books reviewed for possible listing, sale and distribution.