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. Who can afford to work in publishing? What are book bans “protecting” children from? Despite strong numbers for…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. 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. Who holds the copyright on AI-generated art? Industry sales rose overall in 2021. Should “honorary authors” be listed…Continue Reading
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Tagged AI, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, banned books, book bans, book sales, censorship, copyright, honorary authors, industry sales, marketing, Native literature, parental rights, parents, sales, scholarly publishing, scientific publishing
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 librarians coping with increasing pressure from their communities? Will Penguin Random House’s BookTok deal change the…Continue Reading
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Tagged banned books, book bans, book sales, BookTok, libraries, literature in translation, machine translation, mental illness, Penguin Random House, public libraries, sales, social media, social media marketing, social services, translation
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. LGBTQ book sales doubled in 2021. How does a single book represent of a sea change in attitudes…Continue Reading
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Tagged Africa, African publishing, African women, book sales, fiction, industry bias, James Patterson, LGBTQ, libraries, morality, racism, refugees, society
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 alt-lit on its way out? How does Book-of-the-Month affect sales? Why are junior and midlevel staffers leaving publishing?…Continue Reading
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Tagged academic libraries, alt-lit, Amazon, book sales, Book-of-the-Month, Book-of-the-Month Club, burnout, customer retention, dark patterns, in-person work, publishing employees, remote work, scholarly institutions, scholarly publishers, work from home, working conditions
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 would the publishing landscape look like without literary magazines? Bookstore sales rose in 2021. Which translators can…Continue Reading
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Tagged aesthetics, anonymity, banned books, book bans, book design, book sales, bookstore sales, Holocaust, literary magazines, Maus, sales, translators
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. Year-to-date industry revenue is up 13.7%. How can book clubs reach incarcerated youth? Does an author’s social media…Continue Reading
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Tagged book clubs, book sales, books in prisons, books in translation, industry data, juvenile detention, libraries, police, policing, prisons, public libraries, revenue, sales, social media, social media platforms, translators
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. Will publishing sales remain flat? What does a reprinted bestseller from 1934 demonstrate about the power of the…Continue Reading
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Tagged African authors, African publishing, Amazon, art book publishers, art books, Backlist, bestsellers, book sales, reprints, sales, supply chain, supply chain issues, trade sales