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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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 1984 the right book to teach for this moment? What prompted the decline of Nordic noir? 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. Print sales rose 8.2% last year. How can racism in children’s books be identified? What lessons does the…Continue Reading
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Tagged American Dirt, book sales, children's publishing, controversy, coronavirus, COVID-19, libraries, library services, lockdown, pandemic, print books, Print sales, public libraries, publishing industry, racism, sales
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. Bookstores saw a sales dip in October. Can holiday shopping keep the indies afloat? Is there such a…Continue Reading
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Tagged 2020, book reviews, book sales, bookstores, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, independent bookstores, indie bookstores, pandemic, political books, political nonfiction, Romance novels, sales, Trump, year in review
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 Queen’s Gambit has spurred previously-stagnant chess book sales. Was the retirement of BookExpo inevitable? How have Scholastic Book…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 is driving the demand for books about the Japanese supernatural? Do contemporary book reviews focus enough on…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 the border signify in the changing politics of 2020 crime fiction? Will political publishers hit 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. How are cultural institutions surviving? Are publishing’s anti-racist changes superficial or structural? Political books are having their best…Continue Reading
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Tagged anti-racism, autofiction, book sales, bookstores, cognition, coronavirus, COVID-19, cultural institutions, diversity, diversity in publishing, genre, genre fiction, pandemic, political books, political nonfiction, political 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. Is “climate fiction” a subgenre, or the background of all contemporary writing? When will graphic novels qualify as…Continue Reading
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Tagged #OwnVoices, awards, climate change, climate fiction, contemporary fiction, coronavirus, COVID-19, graphic novels, literature, Native literature, pandemic, POC, POC 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. Book sales have been up throughout 2020. Can the indies survive without more traffic? What does the “anti-racist…Continue Reading
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Tagged anti-racist, anti-racist book clubs, Black book clubs, book clubs, book sales, coronavirus, COVID-19, events, independent booksellers, independent bookstores, pandemic, travel writing, virtual events