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Day: April 13, 2022

Closing Image: April 13, 2022

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

Courtesy of Publishers Weekly, this chart shows the 2020 vs 2021 performance of four of the Big Five publishers, which saw record profits last year.

Categories Industry Research Tags Closing Image

Links of Interest: April 13, 2022

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

Supply Chain What’s behind the paper shortages? The problem goes back to pre-pandemic trends. Read Lou Caron at WhatTheyThink. The Midland paper company offers an update on current market conditions for book manufacturing. The report includes clear graphs on driver shortages, fuel prices, container shipping costs, and more. 

Categories Links of Interest

Barnes & Noble begins selling digital audiobooks again

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

After having a dedicated Nook audiobooks app and audiobook website), Barnes & Noble is selling digital audiobooks through its main Nook app.

Categories Barnes & Noble Tags audiobooks, Trailblazes

HarperCollins launches new imprint

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

Harper Select, a division of HarperCollins Focus, will publish memoir and narrative nonfiction starting this November.

Categories Traditional Publishing Tags New Imprints, Trailblazes

New agent at Jenny Brown Associates (UK)

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

Lisa Highton will represent both fiction and narrative nonfiction. She was formerly publisher at the Hachette UK imprint Two Roads.

Categories Agents Tags New Agent Alert, Trailblazes, UK

Transworld launches new imprint

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

Transworld, a division of Penguin Random House UK, has established Torva, devoted to publishing hardcover nonfiction “that will change the future.”

Categories Traditional Publishing Tags New Imprints, Trailblazes

Yale University Press launches new series

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

The Ancient Lives series will focus on biographies of “thinkers, writers, kings, queens, conquerors, and politicians from all parts of the ancient world.”

Categories Traditional Publishing Tags small presses, Trailblazes

Penguin Random House launches Sugar23 Books

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

The new imprint is a collaboration with Sugar23, a media platform founded by an Academy Award–winning producer and manager.

Categories Traditional Publishing Tags New Imprints, Trailblazes

BookTok: More Trusted Than Book Club Recommendations

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

Book clubs were the best way to spread word about books 20 years ago. But a new generation of readers seeks more personal recommendations.

Categories Culture and Politics Tags Book clubs, BookTok, TikTok

Amazon Trend Report: Paranormal Women’s Fiction

October 18, 2022April 13, 2022 by Jane Friedman

The category invented by indie authors focuses on women in midlife.

Categories Amazon, Publishing Trends Tags K-lytics
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