Bookstores & Bookselling

Last week, Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle told literary agents that PRH will allow competitive bidding between PRH and Simon & Schuster imprints in the US

Amidst significant uncertainty in the global supply chain, IngramSpark is committed to supporting the book industry with the best possible service through the busy holiday season and into 2022.

Many big publishers, who understand and focus on white audiences, urgently need an education in non-white book buyers.

BookTok is still driving US sales in YA fiction, with backlist titles from Adam Silvera, S.E. Hinton, and Lois Lowry recently topping the print charts.

One of the biggest anxieties and preoccupations of authors today is social media. How big does your following have to be?

BBH Literary is a publicity firm, literary agency, and editorial services company founded by David Bratt and Laura Bardolph Hubers.

Amazon opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstore in fall 2015 in Seattle’s University Village; it stocked a modest 5,000 to 6,000 titles.

Barnes & Noble’s sales are up by 5 to 6 percent this year compared to 2019, according to CEO James Daunt in an interview with Publishers Weekly.

The Association of American Publishers has released their latest StatShot report, which allows for a comparison of 2021 versus 2020,

Bertelsmann, the parent company of Penguin Random House (the largest of the Big Five), recently reported results for the first half of 2021.

I happen to know more about the ins and outs of publishing’s supply chain because I’m married to a former production guy.

In July, the American Booksellers Association made two organizational missteps that it profusely apologized for: it used the wrong cover when featuring a book on its bestseller list.

Seventy2One publishes novellas, short story collections, and other brief works. The imprint is a division of Massive Overheads Productions, in the UK.

Through July 2021, print unit sales are up 15.3 percent compared to 2020, which in any normal year would be incredible.

NPD BookScan recently released print sales figures for 2021 (ending July 31, 2021), showing 15 percent growth against 2020.

Regardless of how the pandemic unfolds, online events will continue, with a focus on meaningful, quality experiences; accessibility; and a

Kensington Cozies will launch at the end of this year and feature stories with “little-to-no violence, profanity, or sex;

The latest figures from NPD BookScan (which tracks US print sales through retailers) continues to reflect challenges for nonfiction

Open Road Media, known for its digital marketing strength as well as its own backlist publishing program for ebooks, has acquired UK ebook publisher Bloodhound Books.

nvestors are sought for Storyville Gardens, a book-based theme park meant to encourage reading by bringing childhood favorites to life through literary-inspired attractions

To maximize earnings, agents have to pay special attention to audio rights, plus consider how an author’s platform plays into an offer

Adult fiction is buoying print book sales in 2021, a significant surprise given that the category was seeing a long, slow sales decline prior to the pandemic.

Traditional publishers often center marketing campaigns around community support—sometimes growing an author’s platform in the process.

Publishers Marketplace, which has been tracking book deals for 20 years (all self-reported), has released new stats.

Podcast RSS feeds have long been a part of Substack’s functionality, but not until this month has Substack taken such a major step in investing in podcast content.