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. Independent publishers gained ground in 2020. What evidence is behind the new ebook price collusion lawsuit? Why should…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. Is 1984 the right book to teach for this moment? What prompted the decline of Nordic noir? 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. Print sales rose 8.2% last year. How can racism in children’s books be identified? What lessons does 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. Bookstores saw a sales dip in October. Can holiday shopping keep the indies afloat? Is there such a…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 are cultural institutions surviving? Are publishing’s anti-racist changes superficial or structural? Political books are having their best…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. Book sales have been up throughout 2020. Can the indies survive without more traffic? What does the “anti-racist…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. Why has Hollywood acquired so many book rights during the pandemic? Is it time to break up Amazon?…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. Print sales declined by 5.5% last week. How did the American creative writing workshop change world literature? Why…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. Ebook revenues were up 25% in July. When will publishing’s diversity push include disabled authors? Is it time…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 can publishers protect authors from harassment during virtual events? Are more Black-authored cookbooks enough to address the…Continue Reading
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