Closing Image: September 15, 2021
In a post about TikTok, audience intelligence firm Pulsar says, “We’ve previously seen Wattpad emerge as one of the leading hashtags on both TikTok and Twitter,
Day: September 15, 2021
Links of Interest: September 15, 2021
Legal Big publishers and Amazon move to dismiss booksellers’ class-action lawsuits. Amazon argues that the factual basis for the plaintiffs’ allegations of price-fixing does not exist. Read Andrew Albanese in Publishers Weekly. Educational publisher Pearson is suing Chegg. Pearson says the Chegg Study website sells answers to end-of-chapter questions from 9 . . . This content is only … Read more
Libro.fm launches a business hub
Audiobook retailer Libro.fm now works with businesses to offer curated collections of digital audiobooks to employees
Post Hill Press launches SALT Books
Post Hill Press has partnered with Anthony Scaramucci on an imprint named for the SkyBridge Alternatives Conference, aka the SALT Conferences.
Former publisher has founded The Watermark Agency
Mark Tauber has launched The Watermark Agency to “develop and represent projects from writers, journalists, public intellectuals, authors, leaders, and credentialed experts in their fields
Zibby Books launches with an unusual business model
Founded by wealthy book influencer and podcaster Zibby Owens, Zibby Books will publish one book per month,
Marketing and Selling to “US Book Buyers of Color”
Many big publishers, who understand and focus on white audiences, urgently need an education in non-white book buyers.
Trendspotting: Discord
Founded in 2015, Discord tends to get pigeonholed as mostly for gamers or young people. But the user base doubled in 2020
Amazon Trend Report: Paranormal Romance
Paranormal romance is an increasingly versatile subgenre, encompassing mystery/thriller/suspense and urban fantasy with both supernatural and romance plot elements.
Book sales update: September 15, 2021
BookTok is still driving US sales in YA fiction, with backlist titles from Adam Silvera, S.E. Hinton, and Lois Lowry recently topping the print charts.