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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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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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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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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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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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. Has Amazon begun to meaningfully reckon with its labor problems? How have reading groups changed the theater-going experience…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 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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