Pitch Your Novel

Pitch Your Novel

What Books Are Publishers Betting On Now

And the one category they always support

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Karin Gillespie
Jul 07, 2025
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Once again, it’s time to take a deep dive look at what fiction is selling to editors. In this report, I look at debut and non-debut deals. My analysis includes only deals from Big-Five publishers and well-known medium-sized publishers.

Debut Book Deals from May 1 to June 30

There were thirty-two debut deals in May and June. That’s less than half the deals…

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