Jane Friedman

Publishing expert with a focus on business reporting and author education. Expertise regularly featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and BBC

Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World. Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Today Show, Wired, Fox News, and BBC.

Jane’s book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press, 2025), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She also reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, the Los Angeles Review of Books Publishing Workshop, Frankfurt Book Fair, the ECPA Leadership Summit, and numerous MFA programs.

Learn more at JaneFriedman.com