Closing Image: June 9, 2021
The AAP released sales figures for March 2021, allowing for a year-on-year comparison between Q1 2020 and Q1 2021.
Day: June 9, 2021
Links of Interest: June 9, 2021
Amazon Does Amazon know what it sells? The short answer is no. Of Amazon’s top 50 sellers in the category of children’s vaccines, 20 are by anti-vaccine authors and five are novels about fictional pandemics. Tech industry expert Benedict Evans asks how much content moderation a universal book shop should do. (Evans’s discovery is just the … Read more
A New Crowdfunding Platform for Comics
Zoop will offer the usual crowdfunding services but also offer separate support services to help people succeed with their campaigns.
Bookwire Launches in The US
Bookwire currently offers ebook and audiobook distribution services in Germany, Brazil, Mexico, and the UK—with a catalog of a half million ebooks
Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstore Launches Two Imprints
The first imprint, Offsets, is in partnership with Northwestern University Press and will focus on new translations, out-of-print titles
A Podcast About Writing With Scrivener
Journalist Kirk McElhearn interviews writers about how they use Scrivener, a popular app for book writing.
Canelo Launches Canelo History
UK-based fiction publisher Canelo is launching a new nonfiction imprint, Canelo History. The program will start with three books a month
Clarification: Curious Fictions
However, with most platforms, creators have to shoulder the payment processing fees. That isn’t true, however, of Curious Fictions.
Audiobooks Increase Their Market Share of Listening Hours, Even as Sales Growth Has Slowed
As exponential growth in audio inevitably slows, publishers will have to vie for market share with other content providers and services
The Anatomy of a USA Today Bestseller Launch Campaign
Self-published authors can make their way onto the USA Today bestseller list through a strategic campaign of pre-orders, newsletter marketing, and advertising