Comics and graphic novels have been having a good run lately. Comichron and ICv2 – respectively, a database and journal covering the industry – estimate that, in 2015, total domestic sales reached a record of $1.03 billion. In their joint report, they note that in 2015, print sales accounted for a staggering $940 million, with…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. Could blockchain bounties help fight ebook piracy? What will the W3C/IDPF merger mean for ebook technology? Did agency pricing hold…Continue Reading
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The two-day Digital Book World conference got underway on January 17, with a keynote from Macmillan CEO John Sargent, who talked about the health of the industry (better than the hand wringers’ fears), the importance of data in all publishing sectors, and the need for industry newcomers to feel they have a place at the publisher’s table….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. Does the business model Medium is looking for exist? How should publishers respond to Milo Yiannopoulos’s book deal? What instruction…Continue Reading
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. Does reading a book always have to mean completing the whole thing? Should publishing consider the digital revolution as a…Continue Reading
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. In the digital age, what is the lifespan of paper? Amazon, originally “the world’s biggest bookstore,” is pushing into almost every…Continue Reading
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 most common traits of Booker Prize winning novels? Can one study show how many kinds of stories…Continue Reading