r/publishing↗
Welcome to r/Publishing, a place for publishing professionals
Welcome to /r/publishing. This subreddit is focused on publishing: editorial, marketing, publicity, production, sales, and all things related to the industry.
54k subscribers365 posts / mo in Sep 2026193 authors / mosince 2008
r/publishing has 54k members (+30% over the last 12 months). It gets about 365 posts a month from 193 people. Top topics: Querying and Agents, Self-Publishing and Querying and Agents.
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Topics and brands on r/publishing
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Querying and Agents7.2%
- Self-Publishing6.3%
- Querying and Agents3.8%
- Book Marketing3.6%
- Self-Publishing on Amazon KDP1.3%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- PenguinRandomhouse
- Reedsy
- Lulu
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