Closing Image: August 17, 2022
The mass market paperback format has been slowly declining for years, affected by lower-price ebooks and the migration of authors and publishers to the trade paperback format.
Day: August 17, 2022
Links of Interest: August 17, 2022
The latest on #booktok, romance & erotica, culture & politics and more.
Zando launches Sweet July Books with Ayesha Curry
Author and restaurateur Ayesha Curry is Zando’s latest high-profile publishing partner and will acquire fiction and nonfiction.
Two new imprints at Trinity University Press
Based in San Antonio, Trinity University Press has launched Tinta Books and Terra Firma, both nonfiction imprints.
Using Data to Drive Acquisitions: Why Podium Bought Bookstat
With the backing of Podium, Bookstat looks to expand into additional territories.
How Book Deals Are Negotiated by Agents and Publishers
Selling a book isn’t as simple as accepting the highest advance.
IMHO: The Gatekeepers Have No Clothes
The unpredictable and subjective nature of publishing can look like incompetence to those outside the industry.
Book sales update: August 17, 2022
As of August 6, this year’s print book sales are 6 percent below 2021 levels, according to NPD BookScan.
Tom Doherty Associates rebrands as Tor Publishing Group
Tor Publishing Group will include Tor, Forge Books, Nightfire, Tor Teen, Starscape, and Tordotcom Publishing.
Gardners launches wholesale business in US
Not long after book wholesaler/distributor Ingram announced its expansion into the UK market, the UK book wholesaler Gardners is launching operations in the US.