May 12, 2021 | Page 2 of 2

Libraries Ask Publishers for Increased Flexibility in Ebook Licensing

While both publishers and libraries want to boost discoverability of new authors, the inherent tension in the relationship isn’t going anywhere.

Adult fiction has been doing very well this spring, along with graphic novels and YA fiction.

Known to many in the indie author community for his website and blog, The Book Designer, Joel Friedlander passed away on May 7, 2021.

That’s the question that petitioning employees have asked in a follow-up letter to Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp.

You may recall last year’s case of Alan Dean Foster, who stopped receiving royalties for his Star Wars and Alien novelizations.

Kakao Entertainment, based in Seoul, has acquired two serialized storytelling apps: Radish and Tapas.

The increased profits aren’t surprising, given that NPD BookScan is reporting that print book sales are up by about 26 percent versus 2020.