Closing Image: June 1, 2016
A recent BookExpo America presentation by Nielsen shows that ebook sales (for those with ISBNs) took off dramatically between 2010 and 2012
Day: June 1, 2016
Links of Interest: June 1, 2016
There’s now a Netflix for comic books. Amazon’s ComiXology has launched a subscription service: $5.99 for all the comics you can read. Notably, titles from Marvel and DC are not available. Read more at Entertainment Weekly. BookBub will soon allow authors and publishers to buy advertising in their deal emails.
Hot Sheet Index: June 1, 2016
A snapshot of current industry data.
On the List: Lab Girl
Lab Girl released earlier this spring and recently appeared on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list.
Building the “Self-Sustaining” Reader Community: Hal Elrod’s Facebook Strategy
Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing brings together five self-published writers for the company’s first KDP Business Author Roundtable.
Romancing the Differences: “Multicultural,” “Diverse,” and Nielsen’s New RWA Summit
Questions of diversity in romance came into play last year at RWA’s conference, and the Nielsen program is designed to tackle them.
Macmillan Acquires the Self-Publishing Service Pronoun; Paid Features Are on the Way
In October 2015, we reported on the launch of Pronoun, a new self-publishing service for ebooks.
Still No Comprehensive Data on Ebook Sales; Not Much Help, Either
The UK’s Bookseller announced a weekly ebook ranking, but any attempt to track sales data is limited to what data trade publishers will share.
Self-Publishing: A Significant but “Separate” Book Market
The London-based Enders Analysis media team analyzed the US Amazon’s 100 top-selling ebooks and found that 40 were self-published.