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 did a memoir of the Holocaust become a self-help and wellness bestseller? What relationship does competitive Scrabble…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 better data actually make for better art? Who owns a story in translation? Will COVID research ultimately…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Apple, art, audiobooks, books in translation, consumer habits, coronavirus, COVID-19, data, discretionary spending, literature in translation, paywalls, Spotify, translation rights
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 creators responding to PRH’s BookTok monetization efforts? Do End Times-themed bestsellers speak to a prevailing mood in…Continue Reading
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Tagged algorithm, algorithmic curation, Amazon, apocalypse, bestsellers, book data, book translation, BookScan, BookTok, Christian publishing, digital rights management, DRM, end times, literature in translation, monetization, monopsony, Penguin Random House, PRH, 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. 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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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 do so many men still avoid reading women? What lies ahead for Christian publishing? How are translators…Continue Reading
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Tagged Christian publishing, gender bias, gendered reading habits, Goodreads, literature in translation, Novelists, online platforms, Substack, translation, translators, Ukraine, Ukrainian writers, writers
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. Can cultural sanctions change Russia’s course? If more high-profile authors self-publish, how will the industry rebalance? Why is…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon Bookstores, book challenges, children's literature, cultural sanctions, library budgets, literature in translation, physical retail, Russia, sanctions, school libraries, self-publishing, Ukraine
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. Should translators’ names receive cover billing? What could replace the Dewey Decimal System? Over the past twenty years,…Continue Reading
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Tagged 9-11, Amazon, books in translation, Dewey Decimal System, education, educational benefits, literature in translation, September 11th, serialized fiction, translators, worker benefits
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. Should a translator be “invisible”? Is the Bessemer union vote a harbinger of a new American labor movement?…Continue Reading
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Tagged Bessemer Alabama, book sales, books in translation, Elena Ferrante, labor organizing, literature in translation, pseudonyms, publishing economies, translation, translator, translators, union vote, unionization, unions, winner-takes-all
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 are book reviews for? How much of a “boom” has literature in translation really had? What does the future…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. Are diverse books reaching their readers? How should a “good” translation be judged? What can Data Guy’s numbers really show us about…Continue Reading