Major Media Coverage Doesn’t Sell Books Like It Used To
Book discovery and book buying continue their shift to online channels, which tends to benefit older titles and means more power in the hands of Amazon
Book discovery and book buying continue their shift to online channels, which tends to benefit older titles and means more power in the hands of Amazon
Author and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk’s self-help book Twelve and a Half (Harper Business), released on November 30, has sold nearly a half million hardcovers during its first week on sale
Bertelsmann, the parent company of Penguin Random House, launched a multimedia subscription service called RTL+, meant to compete with Netflix in Germany.
Mobile storytelling platform Radish, owned by the Korean Kakao Entertainment Corp., has acquired the English-language Asian fantasy-fiction platform Wuxiaworld.
Stories, which all appeared in Links of Interest, received the most clicks by a wide margin. What you couldn’t resist reading more about in 2021
In the first issue of the year, I’ll offer my take on what’s ahead for publishing in 2022. Do you have your own predictions?
News Movie tie-ins negatively affected by COVID. Hollywood loves building on existing IP, and publishers benefit in the form of book sales. But the pandemic has shifted release dates and affected distribution strategies. Read Karen Raugust at Publishers Weekly. Hudson’s not doing so bad. The travel bookstore often found in airports speaks with Publishers Weekly about sales trends.  … Read more
The brightest sparks of the year.
YA top sellers tend to remain so for a long time, and series do best (no surprise)
Traditional Publishing Some publishers might return to printing their own books. Supply chain issues and long wait times for book printing could lead to publishers becoming printers once again. Read Kenneth Whyte in SHuSH. Maybe gargantuan social media followings don’t sell books after all? Or could it be that publishers naively expect books to sell themselves without any … Read more