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 much control do authors have over film and TV adaptations of their work? What hurt frontlist sales…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. Where are the anti-Biden books? Audiobook sales rose 12% last year. Will Blake Bailey‘s biography affect Philip Roth’s…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. In Q1, publishing sales were up 22%. What doomed the craze for literary dystopia? Where are the contemporary…Continue Reading
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Tagged arts, arts economy, Black-owned bookstores, book sales, comic novels, comic writing, coronavirus, COVID-19, George Floyd, literary dystopia, pandemic, sales, YA, YA dystopia, young adult
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 “deserves” a book deal, and who decides? Could unions affect the industry’s racial makeup? Is the current…Continue Reading
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Tagged author pay, book deals, coronavirus, COVID-19, female writers, gatekeeping, gender, pandemic, POC in publishing, racial equality, reading comprehension, traditional publishing, unionization, unions, 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. When reading is gamified, who wins? Who is Bookshop actually competing with? Could trans narrators change the audiobook…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. Which values does the industry hold in 2021? What is Boston without a major publisher? Social media drives…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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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. Has Amazon begun to meaningfully reckon with its labor problems? How have reading groups changed the theater-going experience…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 is the price of convenience? Post-pandemic, where is the industry heading? Why do forgettable campaign books garner…Continue Reading
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