Category: USA
Quote Unquote: “There were significant benefits to meeting virtually” – American Booksellers Association
When any event excludes more than it can accommodate then much more is lost than just chance...
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Pearson and Scholastic results – trade up and digital up but overall Covid-19 impact is hurting
At TNPS the focus is on international publishing, but we occasionally offer perspectives on the US...
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StreetLib expands its distribution with 4 new partners and adds audiobook distribution to Scribd
StreetLib is the publisher behind The New Publishing Standard. While TNPS is not a StreetLib...
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US ebook market unit sales rose 31% in April – Nielsen. Meanwhile the PA’s Lotinga plays down 2019 digital gains in UK’s “best year ever”
Digital formats (ebooks, e-journals, online subscriptions, learning management systems, etc)...
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US audiobook market value up 16% to $1.2bn in 2019. Unit sales also up 16%. But how much does the delivery model hold back the format?
Touting the fact that the US audiobook market had seen double-digit growth for the eighth...
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Mapping the New Normal: James Daunt U-turns on ebooks. Plans to invest in Nook and restore Waterstones ebooks. Rewrites history to suit
No, I double-checked the date. It’s not April 1 and James Daunt, CEO of the UK’s Waterstone’s and...
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RIP Carolyn Reidy. CEO Simon & Schuster. Publishing legend
Carolyn Reidy, the CEO of “Big 5” publisher Simon & Schuster died today. I’m...
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Mapping the new normal: USA’s Books-A-Million re-opens bookstores with curbside pick-up, staff in PPE, telephone experts, and cosmetic cases in beautiful floral prints
America’s second-largest bookstore chain, Books-A-Million, is readying for Mother’s...
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Bookstore re-openings promise to be tortuous as these examples from Germany and USA show
In various parts of the world lockdown is slowly being eased, and as a low-risk business,...
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Publishers Weekly launches #BooksAreEssential social media campaign to support the industry. But essential to who?
In times of crisis we often have to make difficult choices, redefine our priorities, and make...
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San Diego Comic Con cancelled as coronavirus tightens its grip on the publishing calendar
Scheduled for July 23-26, the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con has become the latest publishing event...
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USA’s Book Expo America finally does the right thing. BEA cancelled until 2021. Promises automatic refunds
We can save until another day the debate over why it took Book Expo America so long to face up to...
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