Closing Image: March 18, 2020
AAP recently released its StatShot report for December 2019, for a full-year look at 2019 performance versus 2018.
Day: March 18, 2020
Hot Sheet Index: March 18, 2020
The Hot Sheet Index reviewed the U.S. trade publishing sales in 2019 and 2018. Change in US trade sales for adult work in 2019: -1.9%.
Links of Interest: March 18, 2020
News UK abolishes VAT on all electronic reading materials, including ebooks. The decision comes after years of lobbying by media companies, especially Rupert Murdoch’s businesses. The new law will take effect on December 1, 2020. Read Jim Waterson in The Guardian. Janet Evanovich moves to Simon & Schuster. The bestselling author signed an eight-figure deal for four books … Read more
Trailblazes: March 18, 2020
Trailblazes looks at opportunities, launches and startups like A new YA paperback imprint from a Big Five house.
Researching Amazon Keywords and Categories: A Look at the Paid Research Tools
Majority of US book sales happening online, importance of a book’s discoverability through retailers like Amazon can hardly be overstated.
Big Five Publisher Simon & Schuster Is for Sale
it looks like the Big Five may soon become the Big Four. Simon & Schuster’s parent company, ViacomCBS, has announced its intention to sell.
Coronavirus’s Early Effects on the Publishing Industry
Event cancellations are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the potential fallout, with independent bookstores particularly at risk.
Hot Shots: March 18, 2020
Hot Shots reviewed the latest publishing news making headlines like the controversy surrounding the Woody Allen memoir.