ALA Conference Draws 14K Attendance
Librarians arrived last weekend in Washington for a wide-ranging professional education program that reflected ongoing political and cultural issues.
ALA Annual Conference Returns to Washington
“The pandemic took a toll on the library community and library workers,” PW’s Andrew Albanese notes. “The profession needs to consider the future of working conditions for librarians and library workers.”
No New BookExpo Coming
Feeling nostalgic for the days of BookExpo? No one else in the US book world is either.
More Big Numbers for Audiobooks
74,000 audiobooks were published in 2021— a 6% increase in output over 2020, according to the Audio Publishers Association’s Sales Survey.
Banning Boosts Book Sales
According to NPD BookScan, an unusual market segment appears to be boosting publishers’ sales: banned books.
US Book Show Focus on Libraries
After a successful launch last year, the online-only U.S. Book Show returns May 24-26.
Defending the Freedom to Read
Publishers, authors, and bookseller groups have joined the Unite Against Book Bans campaign
S&S Q1 Sales Soar
S&S CEO Jonathan Karp said that refinements made to its metadata have improved sell-through, boosting the bottom line.
150 Years of Books With PW
Although PW began as a publication for the trade, with the arrival of the web, its audience has grown to include avid book readers and the public.
At BISG, Pietsch Sees “Best of Times, Worst of Times”
“We learned we were more adaptable than we knew,” Michael Pietsch told the annual meeting of the Book Industry Study Group, the first such gathering in three years.