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 do women dominate publishing, and only publishing? What does Springer Nature’s sustainability report signal about the industry’s changing priorities? How has…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. Does better data actually make for better art? Who owns a story in translation? Will COVID research ultimately…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Apple, art, audiobooks, books in translation, consumer habits, coronavirus, COVID-19, data, discretionary spending, literature in translation, paywalls, Spotify, translation rights
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. Should translators’ names receive cover billing? What could replace the Dewey Decimal System? Over the past twenty years,…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 are novellas so rare in American publishing? Does “bookishness” drive actual sales trends? Can (and should) online…Continue Reading
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Tagged aesthetics, algorithmic curation, book curation, book length, bookishness, books in translation, comp titles, global literature, novellas, online curation, political publishing, sales, translated books, Trump administration
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. Should a translator be “invisible”? Is the Bessemer union vote a harbinger of a new American labor movement?…Continue Reading
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Tagged Bessemer Alabama, book sales, books in translation, Elena Ferrante, labor organizing, literature in translation, pseudonyms, publishing economies, translation, translator, translators, union vote, unionization, unions, winner-takes-all
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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Tagged Black translators, book sales, books in translation, ebooks, independent publishers, Joe Biden, lawsuit, online reading, President Biden, price collusion, Western publishing
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 Q3, Barnes & Noble Education sales fell 8.8%. Which genres are booming in self-publishing? Why is production of translated…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. Why are men writing under female names? How can books survive the attention economy? Do YouTubers’ book sales translate overseas?…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 can translated books become bestsellers in the United States? Should publishing houses be responsible for fact checking books?…Continue Reading