Closing Image: September 4, 2019
In Joanna Penn’s annual earnings report, she shares sales variability by store. Her audio sales are primarily nonfiction.
Day: September 4, 2019
Hot Sheet Index: September 4, 2021
The Hot Sheet Index reviewed Penguin Random Houses statistics for the first half of 2019. They’ve had 178 New York Times Bestsellers so far.
Links of Interest: September 4, 2019
News Bibliotheca calls out Amazon’s meddling in the library ebook market. There is only one company, they say, that has access to readers’ online book purchases and digital library borrowing habits: Amazon. Read Andrew Albanese in Publishers Weekly. Penguin Random House posts double-digit gains. Profits, driven by the acquisition of . . . This content is only available … Read more
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Major Publishers Sue Audible over Captions Feature
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