Book sales update: December 7, 2022
According to NPD BookScan, this holiday season is underperforming compared to 2021.
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Book sales update: November 23, 2022
This year’s holiday print book sales in the US are lining up closely with 2020, according to NPD BookScan.
New report charts how 1,300+ publishing startups have performed over 15 years
This monumental effort is the work of Thad McIlroy in partnership with Publishers Weekly.
Book sales update: November 9, 2022
According to NPD BookScan, the holiday season this year is taking a less prosperous path than 2021 in the US book market.
Book sales update: October 26, 2022
Through the first three quarters of 2022, NPD BookScan reports that US print book sales are 5 percent down compared to 2021.
Self-Publishing Sales Collectively Represent a Whole Other Penguin Random House
Executives from Wattpad Webtoon Studios and Rakuten Kobo discuss the hard-to-measure but growing audience for independently published ebooks and digital serializations.
New CEO of Independent Book Publishers Association announced
Andrea Fleck-Nisbet will become IBPA’s new CEO effective November 1, 2022.
Book sales update: October 12, 2022
Print book sales in the US are holding steady overall, now tracking at 5 percent lower than 2021, according to NPD BookScan.
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.
Book sales update: Sept. 28, 2022
Earlier this month, the Association of American Publishers released its 2021 sales figures.