Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 8/1-8/5

­Red Number 5Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know.

What makes a novel “trashy”?

Is the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit about Amazon, too?

When does a book count as being “banned”?

Which tropes are behind BookTok’s fascination with catharsis?

How are supply chain problems complicating academic publishing?