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 smart speakers still the future of media? As the internet consolidates under Amazon Web Services, how do…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. Will Purdue English survive? Does the current wave of interest in Black cookbooks presage a lasting trend? How…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. Year-to-date industry revenue is up 13.7%. How can book clubs reach incarcerated youth? Does an author’s social media…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. Can recipes truly be owned? Springer Nature has published one million gold open-access articles. What does second person…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. Will publishing sales remain flat? What does a reprinted bestseller from 1934 demonstrate about the power of 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. Are the most important book fairs heading east? Is the horizon shrinking for audiobooks? How much do MFA…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 the pandemic raised the profile and efficacy of union activity in bookstores? What effect has industry…Continue Reading
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Tagged AI, anti-racism, anti-racist, anti-racist book clubs, artificial intelligence, authors, industry consolidation, labor organizing, literary adaptations, publishing mergers, screenwriting, supply chain, supply chain issues, union, unionization
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. As the industry settles into a new normal, can we avoid losing progress towards inclusion? Should books include…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. What can horror fiction offer us in a pandemic? Amazon growth is slowing. How does ebook DRM leave…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. Who is the face of poetry’s new golden age? What comes next for Scholastic? Are books about trauma…Continue Reading
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