Closing Image: August 31, 2022
Even though Barnes & Noble is having a tough time with new titles in hardcover, the format was selling well overall in 2021 for the children’s market.
Day: August 31, 2022
Links of Interest: August 31, 2022
The latest on Amazon, book banning, AI, publishing trends and more.
TikTok’s official book club is now sponsored by Amazon
Right on the heels of the TikTok and Barnes & Noble marketing partnership, TikTok and Amazon have announced that Amazon will now sponsor the TikTok Book Club.
Walmart launches the Walmart Book Club
The book club will feature five titles for adults annually—one for each season and one Pick of the Year.
Schiffer launches a craft imprint
With a backlist of about 1,000 titles and 25 new titles per season, the imprint will publish books on arts and crafts.
Author Spotlight: Meg Medina Must Change Gears Like Her Fictional Character
The author’s new hardcover book won’t be stocked by Barnes & Noble. She understands the business plight of the chain, but worries about collateral damage to authors and young readers alike.
Barnes & Noble Focuses on Profitable Backlist, Creating Concern for New Titles
The US chain plans to stock fewer hardcovers‚ especially children’s titles, which will force publishers and authors to re-evaluate their publishing and marketing strategies.
UK’s Society of Authors faces divisive row
Comparable to the Authors Guild in the United States, the Society of Authors in the UK is the country’s leading union of professional authors.
Backlist sales continue their upward trend in 2022
It turns out that backlist is capturing most of the pandemic growth in the book market.
Publicly funded research in the US must be made available for free upon publication
The White House changed a longstanding US policy, forcing publishers to make publicly funded research available immediately to the public.