When Small Presses Find Themselves with a Bestselling Title
Challenges in printing, distribution, and cash flow can accompany a breakout hit at a small press.
Challenges in printing, distribution, and cash flow can accompany a breakout hit at a small press.
Hachette has the strongest ebook sales; it sold nearly 4 million more ebooks than Penguin Random House.
The demise of The Writer magazine reflects deeply rooted media industry woes—such as fragile ad revenue—and long-term challenges for both journalists and authors.
Buchreport is the German equivalent to Publishers Weekly magazine in the United States.
Each issue of Hot Sheet contains dozens of links, and it’s always instructive for me to see what topics and perspectives drive clicks.
Their site says “A public announcement will follow early in 2024 on the future of this important industry gathering.”
The world’s largest trade show was seen as having come back fairly strong following three tough pandemic years.
One key takeaway: There isn’t a clear financial advantage to traditional publishing for commercial fiction. Another takeaway: author hustle matters.
The USA Today list was once an important bestseller list for self-publishing authors. The revamp has so far changed that.
Big publishers find it hard to change long-held processes for bringing books to market.