News Apple may launch a new subscription service that would charge people to listen to podcasts. Such a move represents a considerable threat to Amazon, Spotify, and others investing in digital audio. Recently, Apple launched Apple One, a subscription service that bundles together Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, iCloud, Apple News+, and Apple Fitness+. Read Chance … Read more
Trade book publishing is now seeing its best unit sales since 2010, but some categories are performing better than others.
Coronavirus update includes global efforts continuing to mitigate—or reverse—losses and hardships during pandemic.
Each sector of the book-publishing industry faces unique challenges; here are the latest developments and reports from each sector.
Publicists and industry advocates offer tips for adjusting your approach to book marketing and promotion Until this spring, the crisis event that loomed large in the collective memory of authors—the one that curtailed the launch and sales of countless books—was 9/11. Now coronavirus promises to be the next event to subvert authors’ hopes and dreams … Read more
Event cancellations are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the potential fallout, with independent bookstores particularly at risk.