BookExpo’s Bestseller Breakfast
This week, PW launched The Fanatic, a biweekly email newsletter on graphic novels and comic books
A Publisher and a Mensch
“I keep an eye on absolutely everything. I’m discovering things that I never, never knew about how the nuts and bolts of the business work.”
A Strong Year for Consumer Book Sales
While 2018 numbers brought smiles to faces at trade book houses, publishers in other segments suffered significant declines in sales.
Amazon, Antitrust & The E-Commerce Railroad
Amazon has become a form of infrastructure for 21st-century commerce. If you’re an independent merchant or an independent producer, and you want to reach consumers in the 21st century digital markets, you have to ride Amazon’s rails.
Global Book Sales Hold Steady
An opportunity in NYC for international reporters to put down their notebooks and compare professional circumstances
Published By Kickstarter
What’s so great about this crowdfunding model is that titles that might not appeal to a mainline publisher are eminently suitable. And in the end, you’re delivering directly into the hands of the reader a publication whose every quality you can control.
Melinda Gates Gets A Lift In Seattle
The next mega-memoir is very possibly “The Moment of Lift” by Melinda Gates, coming in April 2019
A Digital Golden Rule Made Possible By Blockchain
We’re casting a light on the whole industry. A publishing partner is going to be able to see how the toy sales are going and how the ed-tech licensing deals are going and how the video game sales are going. They can adjust their product offering because of that transparency.
Indie Stores And Presses Open Strong In 2019
A three-hour conversation about indie publishing did not have to mention Amazon or the names of the Big Five
Fire & Fury, Other Bestsellers Burned Out Fast in 2018
Many books that one would expect to command top-of-the-list status, or to last longest, did not.