Closing Image: February 6, 2019
Overdrive listed the top ten most popular ebooks circulating in libraries for 2018. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng topped the list.
Day: February 6, 2019
Hot Sheet Index: February 6, 2019
The Hot Sheet Index reviewed the growth of worldwide digital library checkouts in 2018– Toronto Public Library with highest digital lending.
Links of Interest: February 6, 2019
ABA Winter Institute / Bookselling Never heard of Winter Institute? It’s the annual national conference for the American Booksellers Association (ABA), an advocacy organization for independent booksellers. Ann Trubek of Belt Publishing offers a publisher’s perspective. At Winter Institute, past ABA presidents reflect on a bookselling industry that may need socks and tea towels for profitability. Multiple panelists … Read more
Amazon Chronicles: Tim Carmody’s Newsletter on the “Elephant”
Carmody’s new Amazon Chronicles provides that wider perspective on Amazon not often discussed in publishing-industry circles.
Barnes & Noble Offers Advertising to Indie Authors
B&N’s new ad platform launched with significant flaws, but B&N has already issued refunds and appears to be reshaping the program.
One of Wattpad Books’ First Six Authors on Reaching the Core Demographic
Cupid’s Match is a valuable property on the platform and illustrates why Wattpad would be motivated to launch its own books division.
Controlled Digital Lending: What It Is and the Fight Now Brewing
Library lending of scanned print books may not be legal under current copyright law; author and publisher associations begin to protest.