January 18, 2023 | The Hot Sheet

Links of Interest: January 18, 2023

The latest in trends, AI, TikTok, recaps and predictions, traditional publishing, self-publishing, Amazon, and culture & politics.

Wattpad–Webtoon’s new serialization app, Yonder, has announced another round of publishing partners

Mayo Clinic Press Kids will publish “engaging mental and physical wellness content for children” for both the trade and educational market

Claire Cavanagh has joined as an assistant agent. Previously she was a sales coordinator at Breakwater Books.

Featured takeaways from the conference (part one).

Colleen Hoover claims six of the top ten spots.

According to NPD BookScan, print unit sales were down 1 percent from 2022 for the first week of the year.

2022 came in 5.8 percent below 2021 in terms of print unit sales, and the children’s market made up half of that decline.

OverDrive, the leading distributor of digital books to libraries, recently announced that digital lending increased 10 percent over 2021.