Book bans are on the rise in U.S. schools, fueled by new laws in Republican-led states. (Headline – LA Times)
Yet who among us would speak up for the right to publish and sell books anywhere, let alone in our...
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Category: North America
Canada – the resurgence of romance books
“TikTok has affected the way people read, what they read, and how book covers are...
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Restructuring at PRH -meaningful, or musical chairs?
In the wake of the Court debacle that led to Markus Dohle’s long-overdue resignation, the...
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July US print book sales down 8.8% in first week. Fortunately Nikki Haley maths do not apply
It’s just a shame much of the industry cannot apply the same reasoned rationale to ebooks,...
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The parallel publishing universe that is online reading continues its exponential rise as mainstream western publishing looks the other way
Add the 70 million readers on Pratilip, the 49 million for China Literature outside China and the...
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Consumers are evolving: Canada’s Indigo will be focusing all its attention on digital investment. A lesson for book retailers everywhere
(CEO Heather Reisman’s digital focus) is in stark contrast to book retailers in other...
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Pearson+ subscription app “brings e-books in line with how students buy and experience the rest of their content”. Most other publishers look away
But as the subscription screws tighten, so publishers will have to rethink their resistance to...
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“May Bookstore Sales Jumped 130%.” “May Bookstore Sales Down 9.2%.” US Publishing’s Parallel Narratives
“As an industry we need to come to terms with the new reality – the “new normal” as we liked...
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Amazon finally enters the online reading field, but Kindle Vella looks to be a half-hearted effort rushed out to be a spoiler for China Lit’s North America push
Safe to say a lucky few authors will do very well from Kindle Vella, and Amazon will make a big...
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Tencent’s China Literature targets 49 million online readers outside China, with North America to supply 100,000 authors
As western consumer patterns slowly adjust to the subscription-orientated New Normal so the...
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US embraces a new digital reality that goes beyond the “ebooks and social media” era that defined the 2010s
Assuming the vaccine programmes deliver as promised then by this time next year we could be seeing...
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American Library Association confirms its future will be hybrid as 3rd online ALA event announced for June
This is just one more example of how the industry has turned adversity to advantage, embracing...
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