Book sales update: big bestsellers not pulling the market
The latest figures from NPD BookScan (which tracks US print sales through retailers) continues to reflect challenges for nonfiction
Day: August 4, 2021
Curious Fictions closes
Curious Fictions, a Patreon-like site devoted to fiction writers, is closing its doors. We only just reported on the site in May, although the site has been in operation since 2017.
Medium modifies contest rules after pushback
the fine print in the official rules contained a rights grab—giving Medium “an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive, sublicensable, assignable” license to all entries
Legal action against Audible continues by authors and narrators
We need a multi-prong attack to not only recover our stolen funds but also stop the continuation of Audible’s monopolistic abuse of authors, narrators, and readers.”
Kids’ online reading platform Epic sold for $500 million to Byju’s
Epic, one of the most popular and successful digital reading platforms for children under 12 in the US, has now been acquired by India-based Byju’s
Pearson rolls out digital subscription model for students
Educational publisher Pearson announced in July it’s launching an app giving US students access to all of its 1,500 titles.