Maris Kreizman

3 weeks ago | lithub.com | Maris Kreizman

I’ve written so much about how there are and not enough places to cover them, but I still have more to say. So this time I thought I’d go deeper and do a case study. Last year I wrote about the wonderful and terrible overstuffedness of the month of March 2024. This time, instead of looking at a whole month, let’s just look at one single day that broke my brain and compelled me to make a spreadsheet about it: June 3, 2025.

1 month ago | lithub.com | Maris Kreizman

This past Tuesday I received 37 pitches for upcoming books from 37 different publicists representing 37 different authors. I am always aware of how many books keep coming out and how little space there is to cover any of them. And it’s particularly difficult knowing that I have my own book coming out in July.

1 month ago | lithub.com | Maris Kreizman

There’s an ongoing crisis in book publishing. I mean, there are many, but corporate consolidation is a threat to anyone who cares about books. When there are fewer publishers, both large and small, there are fewer jobs, fewer opportunities for new voices to break out, fewer places where writers can be nurtured throughout their careers, and fewer places willing to take risks on ideas that diverge from the mainstream.

2 months ago | lithub.com | Maris Kreizman

I was going to write something else for today’s column, something complain-y but righteous that would allow me to get some stuff off my chest and maybe even get some rage clicks. Shit is bad. But I’m so tired. Maybe you are too. So why don’t we celebrate something nice that’s coming up instead, just for a little change of pace? Article continues after advertisementThis Saturday, April 26th, is Independent Bookstore Day.

2 months ago | lithub.com | Maris Kreizman

Last week the literary agent and soon-to-be author Alia Hanna Habib asked me how I’ve used my experience in the literary world to be a “good author” (my book comes out in July). Yes, this is a brag, because as someone who’s worked in and around the publishing industry for a couple of decades, it’s important to me that others think I’m a “good author.” I think Alia was referring to someone who is easy to work with, not too high maintenance, is respectful, etc.