Nola Editorial Department Supervises 'How Professional Editors & Novelists Teach Creators to Write Novels That Win Awards' (Authored by Jin Hideshima) – Supporting Over 650,000 Writers on the Nola Creative Platform!

indent Inc., headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and led by Representative Director Yuki Kamagata, which provides the creative platform "Nola" (Note 1) that connects over 650,000 writers with companies, is pleased to announce the release of 'How Professional Editors & Novelists Teach Creators to Write Novels That Win Awards' (authored by Jin Hideshima, supervised by Nola Editorial Department, published by Nihon Bungeisha) on May 1, 2026 (Friday), in bookstores nationwide and online. The book is supervised by the Nola editorial department, which operates "Nola Books Glanz & Bloom" and "Nola Comics Glanz & Bloom." 'How Professional Editors & Novelists Teach Creators to Write Novels That Win Awards' (Authored by Jin Hideshima) Released! Since its foundation, indent has been committed to creating a comfortable environment for writers through the creative platform "Nola." To expand commercialization opportunities for over 2.5 million works born on "Nola," we launched the novel labels "Nola Books Glanz" and "Nola Books Bloom" in March 2025. After celebrating its first anniversary this year, we have now launched the comic labels "Nola Comics Glanz" and "Nola Comics Bloom" to further accelerate the cycle of delivering stories born from Nola to readers nationwide. This book is the latest installment in Nihon Bungeisha's popular "Creator Series," a collaboration between the Nola editorial department (which runs the aforementioned labels) and novelist Jin Hideshima, who authors all titles in the Creator Series. It explains "how to write a novel to win an award." As part of our initiative to help the original works of the over 650,000 writers who support Nola reach the world, we hope this book will serve as a practical guide and help new talents take flight. Moving forward, indent will continue to contribute to the further development and revitalization of Japan's entertainment and creative industries, with the key message "Maximize the potential of the content industry and produce works that captivate the world." We will do this by supporting writers' creative activities and aiming to "build a system where writing can be a livelihood, providing sufficient income." ◾️Nola Editorial Department Comment There are broadly two types of people who create stories: Those who want to write stories they love, and those who want to write works that are evaluated in the form of awards. This book is for the latter, that is, for those who write works aiming for awards. This book deals with the perspective of "how to make a work that gets selected." At the Nola editorial department, we receive many manuscripts every day. All of them are earnestly written works, but only a few can pass the selection process. We feel that this is less about differences in ability and more about the fact that what editors look for when judging manuscripts is not sufficiently communicated, which leads to different outcomes. We hope this book will be a reliable guide for creative work aimed at winning awards. ◾️Bibliographic Information Author: Jin Hideshima / Supervisor: Nola Editorial Department Publisher: Nihon Bungeisha Series: Creator Series Publication Date: May 1, 2026 ISBN: 9784537223750 Format/Pages: A5 / 160 pages Price: 1,980 yen (tax included) View Details ■ Regarding Book Purchase Available at bookstores nationwide and online bookstores. Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4537223758 Rakuten Books: https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/18533086 indent is working to support writers' creative activities through the development and operation of the creative platform "Nola," while also building a system for works to spread widely. We are actively strengthening recruitment across a wide range of roles, including editing novels, manga, webtoons, producing original IPs with domestic and international companies, project management, and human resources to support the organization. Learn more here: https://www.wantedly.com/companies/indent indent aims to create an environment where writers producing original works can focus on creation, and to build a cycle of IP creation through encounters between companies and new talents. We are constantly accepting consultations from companies wishing to develop new IPs or co-produce with media mixing in mind, such as manga, webtoons, and anime.