Closing Image: March 6, 2019
According to eMarketer, this year for the first time, digital ad spending will exceed traditional ad spending.
Day: March 6, 2019
Hot Sheet Index: March 6, 2019
The Hot Sheet Index reviewed the decline in print book sales in January 2019 versus January 2018 for fiction, nonfiction and political books.
Links of Interest: March 6, 2019
News and Trends There’s a groundbreaking FTC case against the use of fraudulent Amazon reviews. It involves a weight-loss drug, but the larger ramifications are significant for all products sold at Amazon. Amazon says they welcome the FTC’s work in this area. Read Nick Statt at The Verge. The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) is hosting their … Read more
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