Publishers Are Happy That Sales Are Up but Remain Nervous about Frontlist
As publishing celebrates unprecedented sales growth in 2020 and 2021, anxiety looms over declining sales for new titles.
Day: April 28, 2021
Has Simon & Schuster Opened Up a Pandora’s Box?
After claiming an inability to pick and choose which titles it distributes from other presses, Simon & Schuster has declined to distribute a controversial memoir from distribution client Post Hill Press.
Book sales update: April 28, 2021
Through April 17, print unit sales were up 28 percent versus 2020, according to NPD BookScan.
A publisher analyzes the “magic number” of sales required for business and self-help books
Todd Sattersten starts his analysis by nothing that, in the business category, 86 percent of sales are backlist titles.
Despite delaying until late June, London Book Fair goes virtual
This is the second year that exhibitor Reed has canceled the in-person event.
Authors accuse Diversion Books of not paying on time and breach of contract
Diversion Books started as a digital publisher and has expanded over the years into traditional publishing operations.
W.W. Norton takes Philip Roth biography out of print
Blake Bailey, the author of the newly released Roth biography, has been accused of rape and sexual misconduct by multiple women.