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 this bestselling author fight against book bans? What can listeners expect from Spotify’s new audiobook feature? …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 did former President Barack Obama send out thanks to librarians? What does Moms for Liberty stand for…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. How has a new Arkansas law meant to ban librarians from providing “obscene” books to children been received? …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 women dominate publishing, and only publishing? What does Springer Nature’s sustainability report signal about the industry’s changing priorities? How has…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. Whose jobs are threatened by generative AI? How much did book bans increase last year? What challenges do…Continue Reading
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Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, banned books, BIPOC writers, book bans, book publishing, ChatGPT, ebook lending, ebook sales, ebooks, generative AI, librarians, libraries, POC, POC writers, publishers, scholarly research, special editions, video game publishing, video games
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. Do English-language trends in audiobooks and ebooks translate into Arabic? What effects are Florida Gov. DeSantis’s “anti-woke” legislation…Continue Reading
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Tagged Arabic, Arabic-language publishing, book recommendations, BookTok, data, ebook circulation, ebooks, English-language publishing, Florida, Individual Freedom Act, librarians, libraries, literary tropes, OverDrive, public libraries, Ron DeSantis, Stop WOKE Act, TikTok, tropes
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 children’s and YA trends were evident in Frankfurt? How have parents’ rights groups increasingly allied themselves with…Continue Reading
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Tagged canon, children's books, children's publishing, DOJ vs. PRH, fandom, Frankfurt Book Fair, law enforcement, librarians, libraries, parents' rights, PRH, public libraries, publishing mergers, S&S, school librarians, school libraries, YA, young adult, young adult 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 book bans dividing communities? Why does the term “millennial fiction” seem only to apply to the…Continue Reading
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Tagged African authors, African publishing, Backlist, banned books, book bans, climate change, holiday sales, holiday season, librarians, libraries, millennial fiction, sales, sales trends, serialization, serialized fiction
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 “feeder team” metaphor reveal about bigger publishers’ regard for the indies? How has librarian burnout…Continue Reading
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Tagged abuse, art, artistic publishing, Big Five, book festivals, commerce, commercial publishing, DOJ vs. PRH, genre, genre fiction, independent publishers, indie publishing, indies, librarian burnout, librarians, literary festivals, publishing industry, video game books, video games
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 next romance trend the “apron-tugger”? Do we have room for diverse stories that aren’t about trauma?…Continue Reading
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Tagged backlist titles, banned books, book bans, diverse books, diversity, genre, genre fiction, librarians, libraries, religious publishing, Roe v. Wade, romance, trauma, writers of color