Links of Interest: November 8, 2023
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Trends Did bookstore closures hurt frontlist sales? You’ll hear most Big Five publishers say yes. But Mark Williams questions that conclusion. (Also note that in the UK, sales of the top 10 debut novels in 2020 outpaced the sales of those in 2019, a stat rarely mentioned in any discussion.) Read The New Publishing Standard. Everyone’s publishing … Read more
While both publishers and libraries want to boost discoverability of new authors, the inherent tension in the relationship isn’t going anywhere.