Closing Image: May 3, 2017
The Consumer Intelligence Research Partners released an update on Amazon’s Prime program, with an estimated growth line for Prime membership.
Day: May 3, 2017
Hot Sheet Index: May 3, 2017
The Hot Sheet Index reviews overall UK digital and ebook sales while also taking a look at US Amazon prime memberships.
Links of Interest: May 3, 2017
Traditional Publishing After five months as COO, Demos Parneros is now CEO at Barnes & Noble. He has thirty years of experience in retail at Staples. Here’s Alexandra Alter’s report at the New York Times. Houghton Mifflin is laying off 8 to 10 percent of its employees. This spring, the publisher will complete a reorganization . . . … Read more
In Berlin: Kobo’s Fiery Warning about the “Attention Economy”
In fifth wave, the fear is publishers may not be able to fight powerful claims on time and attention made by digitally driven competitors.
Ebook Distributor Pronoun Rolls Out New Features
Pronoun announced another round of new features. These include: Enhanced back matter, and Custom pricing for international markets.
A New Author Marketing Collective to Watch and Learn From
Shatzkin discusses potential for authors to collaborate among themselves to improve their situation, without involving agents or publishers.
One Look at the Reading Market Not Based on Sales
Consumer-survey efforts may well surpass the crippled sales-based dataset the industry is limping along with now.
The Concern about UK’s “Screen Fatigue” Report
It’s not entirely a surprise to hear skepticism around the UK’s Publishers Association report. As with all sales-data-based attempts at industry assessment, the data is inadequate to the task.