Links of Interest: March 29, 2023
The latest in traditional publishing, audiobooks, bookselling, the creator economy, libraries, and culture & politics.
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Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstore Launches Two Imprints
The first imprint, Offsets, is in partnership with Northwestern University Press and will focus on new translations, out-of-print titles
Australia’s largest online bookstore expands its publishing division
Booktopia has purchased Brio Books, a publisher of mainstream fiction and nonfiction as well as self-published titles.
Year in Review 2020: Winners and Losers
2020 was unique in that success (or failure) depended largely on a completely external factor: the pandemic
Links of Interest: December 23, 2020
News Problems have surfaced at Small Press Distribution. A former employee is alleging wage theft and abuse by management; a range of presses and writers have issued statements of support and solidarity. Read their Dec. 11 letter of concern to SPD. A new fair use case has important implications for anyone writing parody. A court found that a … Read more
It’s Time to Discuss (Again) Independent Bookstore “Resurgence”
A new report may overstate the “resurgence” of the independent bookstores, although innovation can be found.
Snatching a Crumb from the Giant’s Mouth: A New Online Bookstore Hopes to Take 1 Percent from Amazon
Bookshop hopes to offer a profitable and ethical retail option for booksellers and authors—and benefit the entire book culture.
How a Self-Published Book Got into WHSmith Travel Shops
UK author Carol Cooper’s self-published novel Hampstead Fever will be featured in WHSmith shops at airports and train stations with a promotion.
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