Closing Image: July 26, 2017
Consumer Intelligence Research Partners released an analysis of buyer shopping patterns for Amazon. Prime memberships doubled last two years.
Day: July 26, 2017
Hot Sheet Index: July 26, 2017
The Hot Sheet reviews the change in Amazon Prime membership from 2016 and the percentage of Amazon customers that are Prime members.
Links of Interest: July 26, 2017
Traditional Publishing There’s a new imprint at Macmillan: Celadon Books. The editors at the helm are Jamie Raab and Deb Futter, who recently left Grand Central Publishing. The imprint will publish 20 to 25 books a year, including idea-driven narratives, works about politics, and novels that “straddle the line between commercial and literary.” Learn more in the … Read more
Update: Open Road’s Email Newsletter Advertising Opportunities
Open Road has just reported that its revenue grew 23 percent in the first six months of this year over last year.
AuthorCafé Serves Up More Options for Academic Writers
AuthorCafé has major investment from TNQ, a tech company headquartered in Chennai, and is aimed at STEM authors.
Long Unpaid Galaktika Authors Assisted by Authors Guild and SFWA
As many as 342 authors weren’t paid correctly for the use of their content by Galaktika, a science fiction magazine based in Budapest.
Reader Analytics from Jellybooks: Crunching the Numbers to Improve Book Marketing and Sales
Jellybooks has already run dozens of reader analytics campaigns spanning hundreds of titles for all types of publishers.
Amazon Complaints: Gaming the Biggest System in Town
Increased complaints from self-pub authors about gaming of Kindle Store rankings and the KU system, Some authors have left KU as a result.
Facebook Chatbots: The Next Book-Marketing Trend?
Last year, Facebook opened up its Messenger platform to allow businesses to build and integrate branded chatbots.