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. UK book sales have surged due to social distancing. Can online-only book events bring in sales? What do shuttered libraries…Continue Reading
Posted in 5 Links •
Tagged author events, authors, book launch, book publicists, book sales, coronavirus, COVID-19, libraries, Library patrons, online events, pandemic, social distancing, UK
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 the midst of an economic crisis, is the book world uniquely vulnerable? Is the shift to remote work rolling…Continue Reading
Posted in 5 Links •
Tagged book sales, bookstores, coronavirus, digital community, economic crisis, fiction sales, independent bookstores, independent publishers, literary fiction, pandemic, remote work, 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. The industry grew almost 2% in 2019. What did a half-empty AWP 2020 reveal about the conference’s failings and future?…Continue Reading
Posted in 5 Links •
Tagged American Dirt, AWP, AWP 2020, book sales, data, diversity in publishing, ebook scammers, Hachette, Hachette walkout, online booksellers, Oprah, self-publishing, StatShot, Woody Allen
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. VIDA has released its 2018 count. What do political tell-alls bode for our future? Simon & Schuster pulled a Q3…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. How will AI change book marketing and editing? When will Goodreads redesign its site? What’s happening to the midlist? How…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. Bookstore sales fell 10.3% in August. What is Jeff Bezos’s end game? How will we face the coming book preservation…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. How is Ferguson shaping poetry five years on? Indigo Books saw sales drop in the first quarter. What political messages…Continue Reading
Posted in 5 Links •
Tagged #weneeddiversebooks, book sales, female writers, Ferguson, Indigo Books, picture books, poetry, Politics, sales, sexism, 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 it take for Barnes & Noble to thrive? Who should get final say on a book cover: the…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. Will scholarly publishing have to choose between better science and open science? Barnes & Noble announced improved comparable sales this…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. Is the Amazon backlash coming? Barnes & Noble had a good Q2. If retailers are impermanent, how can writers protect…Continue Reading