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 Q1, publishing sales were up 22%. What doomed the craze for literary dystopia? Where are the contemporary…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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Tagged #OwnVoices, Blake Bailey, children's publishing, coronavirus, COVID-19, crime fiction, disability, diversity, diversity in publishing, Educational publishing, higher education, in-person events, misogyny, pandemic, sales, virtual events
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 are novellas so rare in American publishing? Does “bookishness” drive actual sales trends? Can (and should) online…Continue Reading
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Tagged aesthetics, algorithmic curation, book curation, book length, bookishness, books in translation, comp titles, global literature, novellas, online curation, political publishing, sales, translated books, Trump administration
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. Print sales rose in January. Is it time for a federal writers’ project? How are debut authors coping…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. Print sales rose 8.2% last year. How can racism in children’s books be identified? What lessons does 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. Bookstores saw a sales dip in October. Can holiday shopping keep the indies afloat? Is there such a…Continue Reading
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Tagged 2020, book reviews, book sales, bookstores, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, independent bookstores, indie bookstores, pandemic, political books, political nonfiction, Romance novels, sales, Trump, year in review
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 the true crime genre look like in 2020? How is publishing filling this year’s “dead zone”? Will the…Continue Reading
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Tagged book sales, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump Jr., education, entertainment, genre, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, open access, pandemic, sales, scholarly publishing, scientific publishing, self-publishing, true crime
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. Sales in May fell 12.1%. As America grapples with police violence, will crime fiction be forced to have a reckoning?…Continue Reading
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Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, book sales, coronavirus, COVID-19, crime fiction, diversity in publishing, first-day sales, first-day sales records, gatekeepers, Mary Trump, pandemic, POD, police violence, print-on-demand, publishers, sales, Simon & Schuster, tell-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. Is the indie bookstore renaissance over? Sales were up in all major categories last week. What income are authors losing…Continue Reading
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Tagged author income, authors, Authors Guild, book sales, comics, comics and graphic novels, coronavirus, COVID-19, digital reading, e-readers, independent bookstores, indie bookstores, pandemic, sales
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