Closing Image: May 30, 2018
According to a 2018 Feedvisor study, the majority of Amazon users scroll past the first page of search results when looking for an item.
Day: May 30, 2018
Hot Sheet Index: May 30, 2018
The Hot Sheet Index reviewed the sales revenue difference and change in profits from 2017 to 2018 for Big Four Publishers.
Links of Interest: May 30, 2018
Traditional Publishing 2018 is off to a “decent start” for the Big Five publishers. Revenue is being driven by backlist and digital audio sales. Read more from Jim Milliot in Publishers Weekly. Textbooks authors sue Cengage. After launching Cengage Unlimited, a subscription access product, in January, the educational publisher is now being hit with a lawsuit by . … Read more
Tablo: An Australian Self-Publishing Platform Expands Its Offerings
Australia’s Tablo is a self-publishing service established in 2013 by Ashley Davies, who was having no luck getting a publishing contract.
The Case of the Disappearing Amazon Reviews
After paid-review practices received heightened media coverage, Amazon purged reviews from its site, but never explained its methodology.
Higher Margins: An Amazon Publishing Imprint Emerging from the Shadows
Speaking of Kindle Worlds and Kindle Scout being shuttered by Amazon, we see a parallel gain in traction for Amazon Publishing (APub).
And Another One Bites the Dust: Amazon Closes Kindle Worlds
Earlier this month, email notices started to go out: Amazon is shutting down Kindle Worlds, with submissions closed effective immediately.
The Split Heard round the World: BookExpo Loses Its Rights Center
BookExpo opens as North America’s key publishing trade show—with no international rights center. It was BookExpo’s to lose, and it lost it.