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Story Monsters Book Awards announced the 2026 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards on Aug. 5 in Chandler, Arizona, with Linda Soules’ So You Want to Be A… series taking the $500 Grand Prize.

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Nani Media House has launched a free directory service that lets authors list published books across its ten-magazine network, including Rich Books, Rich Woman and Sovereign.

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Pastor, professor and author Dr. Raymond R. Roberts will speak Saturday in Ferguson, Missouri, on his new book, which argues that shared principles can bridge political division.

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Steven C. Markoff has published a new book that examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through historical events, demographic data, land ownership records and voices from both sides.

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Lyn Phoenix’s Jonah’s Whale: A Tale of Triumph follows a widowed father and his three sons on a New South Wales farm as they face grief, hardship, and disability.

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C.M. James and C.M. Jaye Music have started a monthlong rollout for The C.M. Files: The Black Book ahead of its Sept. 4, 2026 release.

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T.D. Swanbeck’s debut novel, The Alligator Curse, follows a 22-year-old LSU graduate who wakes up transformed into an alligator in New Orleans and has to break a family curse before it becomes permanent.

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Manhattan Book Group named William Ledbetter’s “Six Weeks: A Literary Memoir” a Gold winner in the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards.

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Manhattan Book Group says Bernie Hayne’s picture book The Friendship Party earned Bronze in the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards.

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Dr. Raghavan Jayakumar has released Gods and God Particles: The Silence Equation, a novel that mixes physics, mythology, and philosophy in a near-future story about authoritarianism, immersive technology, and empathy.

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Manhattan Book Group says Chaz Holesworth’s memoir, Life and How to Live it: Begin the Begin, won gold in the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards.

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Sibylline Press has published The Hour of My Death, Marge Piercy’s final memoir, on Oct. 27, 2026. The book reflects on the year after a 2022 medical emergency and pairs Piercy’s memories with poetry, recipes and gardening notes.

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Independent publisher Jesse Kuhn says Facebook ads for his Always Here grief books have drawn thousands of comments, reactions and shares since January, but the bigger surprise has been strangers using the posts to comfort one another through…

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Vibrant Publishers has released the second edition of Organizational Development Essentials You Always Wanted to Know, a practical guide for change leaders, HR professionals, and students.

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Italian author Gastone Berardi is pushing a self-built publishing model built around seven original novels translated into seven languages, creating 49 editions for international readers.

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DartFrog Books has released Undiscovered Country, a young adult novel by Vermont author Mike Magluilo, on July 28, 2026. The book mixes coming-of-age fiction and magical realism to explore grief, neurodivergence, family expectations and identity…

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Sumerian Comics will release Janis Joplin: Pearl, a 128-page hardcover graphic novel set for October that traces the singer’s rise, fame, and personal struggles.

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Cosynd has expanded its automated copyright registration platform into news, print and broadcast media as AI-driven search and content scraping pressure publisher revenue.

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Manhattan Book Group says Chaz Holesworth’s memoir “Life and How to Live it: Begin the Begin” won gold in the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards.

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Read All About It Publishers has released Lance Luke’s new nonfiction book on the environmental and community costs of AI infrastructure.