The 2026 Super Bowl Ads (So Far), Ranked

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/arts/television/super-bowl-ads-ranked-2026.html

How We’ll Eat in 2026: Food Forecasters Predict More Caution and More Crunch

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/dining/food-trends-2026-predictions.html

Could Shorter Paperbacks Entice Male Readers Back to Fiction?

Authors often worry about how to find new readers, yet one of the largest overlooked markets is sitting right in front of us. While women are driving the modern fiction industry, fueling viral online communities, and burning through books at impressive…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/shorter-paperbacks-entice-male-readers-back/

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Stop Selling Your Book and Start Building Connections

The advice to use social media to sell more books is common, but what is often missing is the advice on how to do it. Simply opening accounts, making posts, and hoping the algorithm blesses us rarely results in sales. Instead, it often leads to even…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/stop-selling-start-building-connections/

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Gen X-ers Have Money to Spend. Why Are Retailers Ignoring Them?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/business/gen-x-holiday-spending.html

Should You Write Seasonal Fiction? 

Every year, Halloween romances surge, Christmas novels take over the charts, and familiar holiday titles rise from the dead to dominate sales again during their season. If you’re an author watching this from the sidelines, it’s natural to wonder whether jumping into the seasonal…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/should-you-write-seasonal-fiction/

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This Simple Fix Can Double Your Direct Sales

More and more authors are taking control of their careers by selling books directly to readers. For many, it’s both exciting and liberating, but it can also feel overwhelming. Even after you’ve built your store, created your landing page, and started running ads,…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/simple-fix-double-your-direct-sales/

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Inside China’s Quest to Defy Aging with Longevity Labs and ‘Immortality Islands’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/world/asia/china-aging-longevity-science.html

Bros Need Some Bros

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/opinion/men-friendship-celebrities.html

How To Write Killer Marketing Copy for your Books

Regardless of your skills as an author, writing effective marketing copy is another skillset entirely. For indie authors, short-form copy isn’t just a marketing extra anymore, it’s an essential part of getting noticed and selling copies. Every word in your ad headline, email…
https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/write-killer-marketing-copy-for-books/

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