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. Can cultural sanctions change Russia’s course? If more high-profile authors self-publish, how will the industry rebalance? Why is…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon Bookstores, book challenges, children's literature, cultural sanctions, library budgets, literature in translation, physical retail, Russia, sanctions, school libraries, self-publishing, Ukraine
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 will the Ukrainian publishing industry be affected by the Russian invasion? Is it still too soon for…Continue Reading
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Tagged accessibility, coronavirus, COVID-19, in-person work, independent bookstores, pandemic, print books, remote work, Russia, scholarly publishing, small businesses, Ukraine, war, women scholars, 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. What would the publishing landscape look like without literary magazines? Bookstore sales rose in 2021. Which translators can…Continue Reading
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Tagged aesthetics, anonymity, banned books, book bans, book design, book sales, bookstore sales, Holocaust, literary magazines, Maus, sales, translators
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 long “should” a book be? Christian publishing had a good year. How are literary magazines planning to…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. What motivated the so-called “spine collector”? Why should children read disturbing books? If synthetic voices are “the future…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, audiobook narration, audiobook narrators, audiobooks, book bans, books in schools, challenged books, primary sources, publishing fraud, publishing scams, research, scholarly publishing, Westland
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 is funding the current wave of book bans? Two years in, what is Bookshop planning next? How…Continue Reading
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Tagged anti-vaxx, anti-vaxxers, book bans, Bookshop, bookstores, censorship, coronavirus, COVID-19, independent bookstores, medical publishing, online retail, online retailers, pandemic, Substack
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 could a case in Maryland end up shaping terms for digital book borrowing? Does Colleen Hoover’s TikTok-fueled…Continue Reading
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Tagged accessibility, Colleen Hoover, coronavirus, COVID-19, digital book borrowing, digital lending, ebook lending, lawsuit, libraries, online author events, online events, pandemic, public libraries, Reading habits, scholarly publishing, supply chain, supply chain issues, TikTok
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. Are libraries essential services? Which areas of scholarly publishing are the most and least diverse? Why are book-lovers…Continue Reading
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Tagged Black books, children's books, coronavirus, COVID-19, diversity, diversity in publishing, essential services, historical books, libraries, online retail, online sales, online shopping, pandemic, public libraries, Reading habits, sales, scholarly publishing, slavery
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 is this moment different for Native writers? Are any school book bans student-led? Who are new media…Continue Reading
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. As we enter the new year, we are instead posting 5 links to articles with predictions for the publishing industry in 2022. Nieman Lab considers the future of journalism. 99designs imagines next year’s book covers. Penny Sansevieri predicts where…Continue Reading
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Tagged 99designs, book design, book marketing, change, cover design, independent authors, indie authors, journalism, Kristin Nelson, marketing, Nieman Lab, Penny Sansevieri, publishing predictions, Written Word Media