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 reading is gamified, who wins? Who is Bookshop actually competing with? Could trans narrators change the audiobook…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. When will in-person book events return? What is the purpose of crime fiction in 2021? Higher ed publishers…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 “climate fiction” a subgenre, or the background of all contemporary writing? When will graphic novels qualify as…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 will become of Simon & Schuster? How does coronavirus make a compelling case for open access? What was behind…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. Who gets to be a critic? Where is conglomerate publishing heading? What lies ahead for educational publishing this year? Why…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. Tariffs have come to Hogwarts. Who gets to write about certain identities? Does the math behind Macmillan’s ebook embargo work?…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 “virality” a useful metric for book acquisition? Why is Dr. Seuss such a graduation-gift perennial? Why don’t college students…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. In the age of 24/7 sales, how do publishers know which books to work on? Sales are up at HarperCollins…Continue Reading