Closing Image: August 21, 2019
BookNet Canada recently released book sales statistics on gardening books related to houseplants. Sales have been rising steadily since 2008.
Day: August 21, 2019
Hot Sheet Index: August 21, 2019
The Hot Sheet Index reviewed the change in print sales from 2018 to 2019 for popular categories. Overall, sales for US trade books dropped.
Links of Interest: August 21, 2019
News The New York Times revisits the problem of illegitimate and fake book sales at Amazon. A reporter was able to order, via Amazon, numerous illegitimate editions of George Orwell’s books, which are still under copyright protection in the US. Amazon’s response? “There is no single source of truth for the copyright status of every book … Read more
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