Every week, our sister site, Publishing Trendsetter, recommends 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. To continue that tradition here on Publishing Trends, we will be recommending 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.
Twitter may be changing the role of the literary critic, even if many literature-affiliates seem wary of the form of social media.
Is Amazon going through a retreat? Here are some strategies they might consider during this time.
US bestseller lists indicate trends such as: children’s/YA books have grown in popularity, self-help books are losing traction in the market, fiction is more popular than nonfiction, and more.
Singularity&Co is a bookstore taking on under-appreciated genres like sci-fi and republishing the works as e-books.
Librarians are facing two problems: it is difficult to find job placement and librarians’ salaries can’t pay for their educations.
