Book sales update: March 16, 2022
According to the latest report from NPD Books, February was a solid month for book sales, without any surprises.
Day: March 16, 2022
Book Manufacturers’ Institute Collects Data About US Printing Capacity
BMI, a trade organization for book printers, is launching a monthly survey of its members to better track book printing capacity and lead times.
Amazon Closing All Physical Bookstores
Amazon’s first bookshop opened in Seattle in 2015 and, as of this year, it operates 24 bookstores.
Authors Guild Offers Guidance If You Receive Demands from the Department of Justice
The DOJ suit to block the Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster deal has resulted in publishers, agents, and authors receiving attorney requests for book deal information.
Amazon Opens Up Advertising to Traditionally Published Authors
Until this week, only self-published authors using Kindle Direct Publishing could establish and run ad campaigns for their books directly on Amazon.
Multiple Editors Resign at Big Five Publishers, Partly Due to Burnout
Publishers Lunch has written a summary of what happened last Friday (March 4), when four editors announced their resignations publicly on Twitter.