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 is TikTok driving book sales? Who are picture books for? Are preprints or final articles cited more…Continue Reading
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Tagged academic publishing, academic research, algorithm, algorithmic writing, book sales, children's books, ebooks, picture books, preprints, print books, TikTok, version-of-record
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 is Ferguson shaping poetry five years on? Indigo Books saw sales drop in the first quarter. What political messages…Continue Reading
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Tagged #weneeddiversebooks, book sales, female writers, Ferguson, Indigo Books, picture books, poetry, Politics, sales, sexism, women 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. Does low author pay signal high publisher profit? What does a crossover look like between diametrically-opposed genres? Is there any…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. A Nielsen study in the UK showed that ebook sales are down and print sales are rising. What does the…Continue Reading
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Tagged abuse, China, digital libraries, ebooks, foreign books, Goodreads, harassment, Nielsen, picture books, print books, sales, UK
Anyone who saw (or was) an adult reading Harry Potter on the subway knows that the line between books for grownups and books for children has become increasingly blurred. And despite time devoted to the discussion (see the recent New York Times Book Review essay “I’m Y.A. and I’m O.K”) and celebrity authors writing the…Continue Reading
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