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Sweeten Your Challah with New Recipes from 1, 2, 3, Nosh With Me

Author feature Food & cooking Holidays

Starting September 15, the Jewish New Year—Rosh Hashanah—begins! In celebration, we are thrilled to highlight two of our new & talented authors, Micah & Josh Siva. Join us as the partner duo shares their journeys...

The Life-Changing Benefits of Good-Old Fashioned Journaling

Author feature

In today’s fast-paced world, with everything being so digital and hectic, it can be tough to make time for self-reflection and introspection. I’ve found that one of the best ways to take a breather and...

Read with Us: Book Lovers Day

Holidays

August 9th marks Book Lovers Day. The annual holiday encourages all bibliophiles to set aside the technology, and fully indulge in their personal libraries. Though the origin and creator of Book Lovers Day is unknown,...

6 Books to Add to Your Family's Bookshelf for Pride

Lgbtq+ Pride

  It is important for us to look at the books on our children’s bookshelf and add LGBTQ+ titles to our home libraries. As a mother of a 15-year-old queer-identifying child, it is also important...

Our First Middle Grade Novel! | Meet Inês F. Oliveira

Author feature

Since the Collective Book Studio launch in 2019, our focus has been on lifestyle and children’s picture books. Last year, though, we got a delightful submission for a middle grade novel that we simply couldn’t...

What the Heck is Partnership Publishing?

Partnership publishing

For those new to the business, book publishing can be downright confusing. It tends to be shrouded in mystery, has a reputation for elitism, and often gives newcomers the cold shoulder. At The Collective Book...

OOO = Success

Career Motherhood

I’ll be honest, I don’t love the concept of Mastering Motherhood. Put that way it sounds like an ideal we should be striving towards, an ideal that looks the same for everyone. And, as I’ve...

Ghostwriting: The Spooky Side of Publishing?

Contrary to what the name might imply, ghostwriting has nothing to do with stories of haunted mansions or gray ladies. Ghostwriting is when a writer is hired to write something—a novel, a screenplay, a speech,...