Closing Image: July 22, 2020
As Google ad revenue declines in 2020, partly due to the collapse of the travel industry, Amazon is seeing significant growth.
Day: July 22, 2020
Hot Sheet Index: July 22, 2020
The Hot Sheet Index reviewed Amazon’s digital marketing share for each year since 2016 and up to it’s projected share for 2021.
Links of Interest: July 22, 2020
News Indie author Mark Dawson buys his way onto a UK bestseller list—but then gets pulled from it. By buying 400 copies of his own book, he was able to make the top 10. But after revealing he had done so on his podcast, Nielsen recalculated the bestseller charts and removed his book. Read Alison Flood in … Read more
Trailblazes: July 22, 2020
Trailblazes looks at opportunities, launches and startups like two new imprints at Penguin Random House: Tiny Reparations Books and Flamingo.
UK Book Sales Appear to Be Worse Off Than US Sales
The year started off positive: the first quarter saw 3 percent growth in UK’s unit sales. But that growth started to decline in February.
Publishers Who Continually Refresh and Improve Metadata Enjoy Better Book Sales—Especially at Amazon
Because percentage of online book purchases increased from 20 to 50 percent the last decade, online product listings are just as important.
Audio Revenue Predicted to Overtake Ebook Sales by 2023
Audiobook industry leaders believe the potential market is about 50 percent of the fiction market, as it is now in Sweden.
Hot Shots: July 22, 2020
Hot Shots reviews publishing news in the headlines including news several authors and publishers filed a lawsuit against the Kiss Library.