Tag Archives: book buying

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 1/11-1/15

­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 1984 the right book to teach for this moment? What prompted the decline of Nordic noir? The…Continue Reading

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 4/27-5/1

­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 books really essential? Can the romance community rebuild trust with POC authors after December’s RWA controversy? Will Amazon’s increased…Continue Reading

Survey results: Where Do Publishing Professionals Get Their Books?

Codex’s recent reader poll shows that the Amazon-Hachette contract negotiations may be having an impact on the way the average consumer purchases books. According to Codex, 39% of their respondents are aware of the ongoing negotiations between Amazon and Hachette, and there has been a decline in consumers buying books from Amazon at a rate…Continue Reading

Survey: Where Do You Get Your Books From?

Here at Market Partners International, we often find ourselves inundated by books to read– from galleys and library rentals to books we’ve bought online or in stores. Looking at our reading queues and seeing the myriad places we get our books from, we started wondering: how do other people in the publishing industry get their…Continue Reading