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From Mexico City to the World
Founded in Paris in 1896, the International Publishers Association may have headquarters in Geneva, but for the next two years, its heart will lie in Mexico City.
Alexa, Read My Book
‘Alexa read me my book.’ is a popular refrain from people who want to unwind after work, and that’s changing the way audiobooks are being marketed.
Searching For Bestsellers On Wattpad
At Wattpad, says Ashleigh Gardner “we have a huge pool of content that we could never read ourselves as human editors. We really lean on machine learning to help us understand what those stories are about before we even open the page.”
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.
