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 “bestseller” an objective category? What literary tropes has racial representation challenged – and created? Why are we…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 the next romance trend the “apron-tugger”? Do we have room for diverse stories that aren’t about trauma?…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 is the face of poetry’s new golden age? What comes next for Scholastic? Are books about trauma…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 does vicarious trauma affect historians? Bookstore sales fell 28.3% last year. Can Amazon remain antifragile without Jeff…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. Has Amazon Prime growth hit a plateau? How is the romance genre approaching consent? What happened to the 2000s vampire…Continue Reading