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 are America’s non-readers? What do influencers bring to publishing? Is AI narration the next frontier for audiobooks?…Continue Reading
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Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, audiobook narrators, audiobooks, banned books, Banned Books Week, Barnes & Noble, coronavirus, COVID-19, influencers, pandemic, Reading habits
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 some people find ebooks so unsatisfying? Which supply chain issues are behind the looming publishing slowdown?…Continue Reading
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Tagged anti-racism, Bibles, Booker Prize, Booker shortlist, Christian nationalism, Christian publishing, coronavirus, COVID-19, ebooks, pandemic, print books, race, racism, slowdown, supply chain, supply chain issues
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 is the fall forecast for book sales? What place do police have in a public library? How…Continue Reading
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Tagged Barnes & Noble, book sales, coronavirus, COVID-19, events, fiction, GetMusic, in-person events, pandemic, police, post-pandemic, public libraries, soundtracks
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 are contemporary book reviews for? How does Cuomo’s book deal reveal the limitations of the political memoir?…Continue Reading
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Tagged book reviewing, book reviews, coronavirus, COVID-19, ebooks, extortion, Goodreads, history curriculum, pandemic, political nonfiction, political publishing, print books, textbooks
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 Q1, publishing sales were up 22%. What doomed the craze for literary dystopia? Where are the contemporary…Continue Reading
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Tagged arts, arts economy, Black-owned bookstores, book sales, comic novels, comic writing, coronavirus, COVID-19, George Floyd, literary dystopia, pandemic, sales, YA, YA dystopia, young adult
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 “deserves” a book deal, and who decides? Could unions affect the industry’s racial makeup? Is the current…Continue Reading
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Tagged author pay, book deals, coronavirus, COVID-19, female writers, gatekeeping, gender, pandemic, POC in publishing, racial equality, reading comprehension, traditional publishing, unionization, unions, 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. When will in-person book events return? What is the purpose of crime fiction in 2021? Higher ed publishers…Continue Reading
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Tagged #OwnVoices, Blake Bailey, children's publishing, coronavirus, COVID-19, crime fiction, disability, diversity, diversity in publishing, Educational publishing, higher education, in-person events, misogyny, pandemic, sales, virtual events
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 should translate authors of color? What does rising podcast consumption mean for other audio media? Which politicians…Continue Reading
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Tagged audiobooks, authors of color, autobiography, autofiction, children's books, coronavirus, COVID-19, fiction, independent bookstores, indie bookstores, pandemic, people of color, POC writers, podcasts, politicians
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 are children’s authors doing to connect with their readers – from a distance? How do poetry and…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, authors, book events, children's authors, children's books, coronavirus, COVID-19, diverse romance, diversity, fanfiction, hip-hop, online book events, pandemic, poetry, rap, romance, unionization, unions
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 in January. Is it time for a federal writers’ project? How are debut authors coping…Continue Reading
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Tagged book sales, coronavirus, COVID-19, crime, debut authors, debut books, nonfiction, pandemic, poetry, Poetry Magazine, pop-futurism, Print sales, sales, speculative nonfiction
