Building Relationships with Independent Bookstores
Marketing your book to bookstores—like marketing your book anywhere else—requires research and shoe leather.
New Serial App Yonder Joins the Wattpad–Webtoon Family
Yonder will attempt to reach a more diverse audience by serializing multiple genres, including some publishers’ backlist.
Self-Publishing Sales Collectively Represent a Whole Other Penguin Random House
Executives from Wattpad Webtoon Studios and Rakuten Kobo discuss the hard-to-measure but growing audience for independently published ebooks and digital serializations.
Book sales update: October 26, 2022
Through the first three quarters of 2022, NPD BookScan reports that US print book sales are 5 percent down compared to 2021.
Notes from 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair took place in person in Frankfurt, Germany, last week with some programming available online as well.
The latest literary journal kerfuffle, this time at Hobart
In late September, Hobart published an interview with Cuban-American writer Alex Perez, which included some controversial statements.
IngramSpark dramatically improves sales reporting dashboard
If you rarely check your IngramSpark sales because it’s a huge pain to pull a report and view data, it’s time to rejoice.
Audible changes its policy on audiobook returns
On the heels of a major change to its ebook returns policy, Amazon has modified its policy for audiobook returns in Audible.
20 Reasons Why Everybody Should Write Short Stories
From appealing to short attention spans to offering no-fuss ways to play in another sandbox, short story writing has many benefits.
What You Should Know About Writing a Co-Authored Book
Writing a book with multiple authors requires trust, vulnerability and patience. But done right, group writing has some surprising benefits.
Writing Through the Impossible
When we’re dealt life-altering circumstances, how do we stay true to creative ambitions while finding a whole new way of existing?
How to Avoid Taking Edits Too Personally
When editorial feedback entails rebuilding a manuscript, one writer struggles with not taking it too personally.
Using Weather to Convey Mood in Fiction
Your writing might soar to new heights when you make weather—and the words describing it—an important element in your characters’ lives.
Why It’s Better to Write About Money, Not for Money
Along with sex and death, money is a topic with evergreen appeal. So when you write about money, you put the odds of a breakout on your side.
Links of Interest: October 12, 2022
Book Industry Research The Global 50 publishing ranking: Every year since 2007, analyst Rüdiger Wischenbart releases an in-depth report that
Ingram invests in NFTs
Book wholesaler and distributor Ingram has invested in the NFT ebook company Book.io.
BookFunnel launches bulk delivery
BookFunnel has long been a popular service for authors wishing to distribute digital review copies or giveaways to individuals.
New effort underway to measure self-publishing book sales
The Big Indie Data Drop is a collaboration between the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), Draft2Digital, K-lytics, and Written Word Media.
New digital publisher of adult commercial fiction
The founder of Bookouture, a UK-based digital publisher that was acquired by Hachette UK, has launched Storm Publishing.
New imprint: Regalo Press
Regalo Press is a new imprint at Post Hill Press (distributed by Simon & Schuster) that will publish a broad list of fiction and nonfiction.
Patreon Works for Writers Willing to Hustle
Successfully building a community of patrons and maintaining it can result in a quality-of-life income boost for authors.
Publishers Favor (for Now) Instagram and Twitter for Book Promotion
Canadian publishing professionals discuss how they customize content for social media and engage readers.
How Kids and Teens Engage with Books
Driving the children’s/YA market are plot-centric books enriched with images (comics, manga), cross-platform content (Netflix, TikTok) and even old-school author visits.
Book sales update: October 12, 2022
Print book sales in the US are holding steady overall, now tracking at 5 percent lower than 2021, according to NPD BookScan.
Facebook closes Bulletin as Substack powers up recommendations
To the surprise of no one, Facebook has announced it will close Bulletin, the company's email newsletter experiment, less than two years in.