What Does the Future Look Like for Book Sales and Marketing?
At a recent panel about the health of the industry, publishing experts envisioned a future where publishers and booksellers more directly “own” the readership.
Day: September 28, 2022
Book sales update: Sept. 28, 2022
Earlier this month, the Association of American Publishers released its 2021 sales figures.
Publishers Lunch releases an ebook, The Trial, about the DOJ vs PRH trial
The ebook presents comprehensive day-by-day coverage and insider analysis, plus full public testimony and much more.
Overlooked at the DOJ vs PRH trial: romance publishing
Editor and critic Ann Kjellberg has written an article discussing how the romance genre was largely written off or ignored during the anti-trust trial.
Spotify begins selling audiobooks, as expected
For years now, Spotify has been on a long and clear march toward increasing profitability by making more non-music content available.
Penguin Random House & TikTok partner up
Thanks to a deal exclusive to Penguin Random House, US and UK TikTok users can now link to PRH books in their video captions. The link will direct users to a page with additional info about the book and other TikTok videos about it. (Here’s a quick TikTok explainer.) Digiday reports that PRH has . . . This … Read more
A big victory for authors: Amazon modifies ebook returns policy
Earlier this year, a viral TikTok post sparked an online petition by authors demanding that Amazon change its returns policy.