Consumer division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is up for sale
While not one of the Big Five publishers, HMH is definitely a large publisher, with both trade and textbook publishing divisions.
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Amazon recently released its third-quarter results, showing growth of more than 30 percent year on year.
Links of Interest: November 11, 2020
News Penguin Random House creates a new Spanish-language division. The new division combines two existing groups, Vintage Español and Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA. It will be run out of Miami. Read Ed Nawotka in Publishers Weekly. Pan Macmillan (UK) experiments with putting three titles in Kindle Unlimited. Most Big Five publishers . . . This content … Read more
Trailblazes: November 11, 2020
Trailblazes looks at opportunities, launches and startups like a new YA imprint at Sterling–Sterling Teen launching in Spring 2021.
Library Priorities Questioned in Controversial Report
Have libraries lost their way by focusing on community over reading? The author of The Freckle Report thinks so.
How to Run More Effective Amazon and Facebook Ads
Most career indie authors today run paid advertising to keep their books visible, with steady sales or reads
The Newsletter Service Substack Is Attracting High-Profile Journalists and Media Professionals
Founded in 2017, Substack is an email newsletter platform that has become one of the most buzzed-about startups this year.
Hot Shots: November 11, 2020
Hot Shots looks at publishing news recently in the headlines like news the consumer division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is up for sale.
Booksellers might be struggling, but few have closed in the US
Vox recently reported—via figures from the American Booksellers Association—that 35 member bookstores have closed during the pandemic.