Jane Friedman

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; her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs and received a starred review from Library Journal.

Jane writes and publishes two long-running newsletters. Electric Speed, published since 2009, shares creative tools and resources with more than 30,000 subscribers. The Bottom Line, winner of multiple awards, serves as an industry beacon for more than 8,000 publishing professionals. Since 2009, Jane has also continuously maintained this website, which offers a cornerstone education in writing and publishing and receives more than 100,000 visits per month.