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 crucial are university presses to the commercial publishing ecosystem? Is BookTok losing its reader-led credibility? Why are…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 creators responding to PRH’s BookTok monetization efforts? Do End Times-themed bestsellers speak to a prevailing mood in…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 librarians coping with increasing pressure from their communities? Will Penguin Random House’s BookTok deal change 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. What does BookTok’s success reflect about our fractured media landscape? How do mergers affect industry diversity? Why is…Continue Reading
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Tagged bestseller list, bestsellers, BookTok, Colleen Hoover, diversity, diversity in publishing, independent publishers, mass-market, mass-market paperbacks, media consolidation, media ecosystem, merger, publishing mergers
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 makes a novel “trashy”? Is the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit about Amazon, too? When does a book count…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. Who’s in control of the BookTok juggernaut? What does it take to ban a book in the US?…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. Are authors and Hollywood moving closer together on screen development? Why are cookbooks so often also memoirs? How…Continue Reading
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