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 “bestseller” an objective category? What literary tropes has racial representation challenged – and created? Why are we…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 BookTok’s success reflect about our fractured media landscape? How do mergers affect industry diversity? Why is…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. Is 1984 the right book to teach for this moment? What prompted the decline of Nordic noir? The…Continue Reading
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Tagged 1984, academic book reviews, academic publishing, bestseller list, book buying, book reviews, book sales, coronavirus, COVID-19, George Orwell, noir, Nordic noir, pandemic, Scandinavian noir
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 can Black sci-fi writers teach us? How has John Bolton’s already-infamous title been received by booksellers? Have we moved past…Continue Reading
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Tagged #girlboss, bestseller list, bestsellers, black writers, booksellers, John Bolton, Montlake Romance/Amazon, racial equality, sci-fi, science fiction, self-empowerment
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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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 is one of the strongest brands in publishing? Studies on consumer preference and author loyalty in the thriller genre reveal…Continue Reading