Tag Archives: ebooks

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 3/20-3/24

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 YA the genre best suited to incite positive change in the world? What are the similarities between independent publishers…Continue Reading

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 3/13-3/17

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. A Nielsen study in the UK showed that ebook sales are down and print sales are rising. What does the…Continue Reading

Boom! Pow! Ka-Ching!: Sales of Digital Comics and Graphic Novels

Comics and graphic novels have been having a good run lately. Comichron and ICv2 – respectively, a database and journal covering the industry – estimate that, in 2015, total domestic sales reached a record of $1.03 billion. In their joint report, they note that in 2015, print sales accounted for a staggering $940 million, with…Continue Reading

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 2/20-2/24

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. If a book is deemed “readable,” is that a good thing? Can historical fiction help readers make sense of today’s…Continue Reading

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 1/30-2/3

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. Could blockchain bounties help fight ebook piracy? What will the W3C/IDPF merger mean for ebook technology? Did agency pricing hold…Continue Reading

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 1/23-1/27

Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement th%.e 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 physical books have staying power? A new study from the UK shows that reading print books slows down…Continue Reading

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 1/16-1/20

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. George Saunders’ new book Lincoln in the Bardo requires a whole new kind of audiobook. In 2016, forty-nine library systems…Continue Reading

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 12/19-12/23

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’s more important: content or packaging? Should libraries pay writers when an ebook is checked out? July 2016 data shows that…Continue Reading

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 11/21-11/25

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 the digital age, what is the lifespan of paper? Amazon, originally “the world’s biggest bookstore,” is pushing into almost every…Continue Reading