Every 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. How are some conservative activists refining their book-banning mission? Despite a chilly political climate, LGBTQ YA titles are…Continue Reading
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Every 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 does the “feeder team” metaphor reveal about bigger publishers’ regard for the indies? How has librarian burnout…Continue Reading
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Tagged abuse, art, artistic publishing, Big Five, book festivals, commerce, commercial publishing, DOJ vs. PRH, genre, genre fiction, independent publishers, indie publishing, indies, librarian burnout, librarians, literary festivals, publishing industry, video game books, video games
Every 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 does BookTok’s success reflect about our fractured media landscape? How do mergers affect industry diversity? Why is…Continue Reading
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Tagged bestseller list, bestsellers, BookTok, Colleen Hoover, diversity, diversity in publishing, independent publishers, mass-market, mass-market paperbacks, media consolidation, media ecosystem, merger, publishing mergers
Every 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…Continue Reading
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Tagged academic publishing, Amazon, antitrust, antitrust lawsuit, banned books, book bans, BookTok, catharsis, Department of Justice, novels, supply chain, supply chain issues, trashy books, tropes
Every 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. Are ebook sales going back down? Have comics entered the “classic” canon? Do white male authors have a…Continue Reading
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Tagged academia, academic labor, academic publishing, banned books, book bans, book sales, comics, comics and graphic novels, ebook sales, ebooks, Literary canon, male authors, obscenity, scholarly publishing, white authors
Every 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 are the stakes of the lawsuit against the Internet Archive? How should illustrators be credited and compensated…Continue Reading
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Tagged banned books, BIPOC writers, book bans, crypto, cryptocurrency, graphic novels, illustration, illustrators, Internet Archive, lawsuit, LGBTQ, queer literature, race, satire, writers of color
Every 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. Why have diverse, independent bookstores thrived during the pandemic years? What does the Great Publishing Resignation reveal about…Continue Reading
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Tagged children's books, diverse books, diversity, diversity in publishing, independent bookstores, indie bookstores, LGBTQ, literary fiction, queer literature, Reading habits, speculative epic, speculative fiction, the Great Publishing Resignation, the Great Resignation
Every 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. Is the next romance trend the “apron-tugger”? Do we have room for diverse stories that aren’t about trauma?…Continue Reading
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Tagged backlist titles, banned books, book bans, diverse books, diversity, genre, genre fiction, librarians, libraries, religious publishing, Roe v. Wade, romance, trauma, writers of color
Every 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. When did books become high fashion? What is the value of Goodreads to Amazon? How are publishers and…Continue Reading
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Tagged abortion, Amazon, booksellers, ebook return policy, ebooks, fashion, Goodreads, literature in diaspora, publishers, Roe, Roe v. Wade, style, Translated literature
Every 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. Is the era of the blockbuster Trump tell-all over? What would a truly diverse industry look like? Why…Continue Reading
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Tagged blockbusters, diversity, diversity in publishing, LGBTQ, LGBTQ romance, library acquisitions, library curation, Reading habits, romance, Romance novels, tell-all, Trump administration