Poetry is experiencing its biggest sales year ever in the UK, according to figures from Nielsen. Right now sales are 5 percent ahead of last year. The market is driven by Instapoets like Rupi Kaur as well as BookTok. Learn more.
Also in the UK, Nielsen has released a report on the 2021–2022 crime and thriller market that offers insight on the age of buyers based on subgenre, which formats are popular (ebook), and how readers discover books.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
