On the List: The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos nabbed the last spot on the New York Times bestseller list during the week of May 1.
Day: May 4, 2016
Booktrope to Shut Down on May 31
Booktrope, founded in 2010, was one of the first much-discussed hybrid publishers—not quite traditional, not quite self.
On the Eve of BEA: More Author Heat on “an Orgy of Unproductiveness”
Persistent questions are surfacing about how major trade-show events roll on, year after year, with minimal author involvement.
Beware Misinformation Regarding Facebook Branded-Content Guidelines
Recently, Facebook issued new guidelines related to branded content that have confused authors who manage Facebook business pages.
The End of the Digital Beginning
In Berlin, the twelfth annual Publishers’ Forum program included the release of the Global Ebook Report from Forum director Rüdiger Wischenbart.
A Bundle of Potential: Harvard Book Store Gets Into Ebooks with Shelfie
Usually operating like oil and water, ebooks and the bookstore world are having a new go at getting along.
AAP Stats Show Continuing Ebook Sales Decline for Traditional Publishers
The latest monthly sales report (December 2015) has been released from the Association of American Publishers
Closing Image: May 4, 2016
Social Media Today reports, “Digital media usage has increased by 35 percent since 2013, driven entirely by mobile growth.”
Links of Interest: May 4, 2016
Harlequin will shut down its Blaze imprint in June 2017, but rights will not revert to authors, since titles will continue to sell direct to consumer. The Harlequin press release also states that, at the same time, print and ebook versions of titles under Harlequin’s Romance and Historical imprints will only be available through direct-to-consumer online channels … Read more
Hot Sheet Index: May 4, 2016
A snapshot of current industry data.