Bookstores & Bookselling

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.

kybound Entertainment—an imprint of Image Comics—is launching Skybound Comet in 2022 to publish original graphic novels for the YA and middle-grade market.

Starting in January 2022, Row House Books will publish six titles in the first year, 12 in year two, and 20 in year three.

Through the week ending June 19, NPD BookScan shows year-to-date print sales up 19.6 percent over 2020. Adult fiction has enjoyed a 31 percent gain over 2020

Abigail Bergstrom has founded a literary agency that includes a services arm—or “publishing consultancy”—that helps emerging writers build their brand and readership.

Markus Dohle, who has more than 30 years of experience in the industry, says people are often pessimistic about the future of books—and he knows why

The new imprint, 13A, is dedicated to publishing Black voices in culture and politics; the imprint’s name refers to the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery.

Nine Eight Books launches in November and “will provide a year-round publishing home for broad, bold, and entertaining musical perspectives.

Literary agents Latoya Smith and Felice Laverne have launched ArtHouse, which is dedicated to “pushing forward in the industry with diverse voices and perspectives.

Fiction continues to perform well in 2021 across all categories, including adult, YA, and graphic novels, while adult nonfiction sales are soft.

author organizations conduct surveys that inevitably show authors’ incomes in decline, while publishers continue to report their strongest sales ever.

The American Booksellers Association recently held their annual meeting and offered the latest stats on membership.

The first imprint, Offsets, is in partnership with Northwestern University Press and will focus on new translations, out-of-print titles

Last year was the biggest year for political book sales since BookScan began tracking the category in 2004, in no small part due to the Trump administration

The CEO of PRH said just last month, quite logically, that if the revenue pool grows for them, it also grows for authors and agents.

The hashtag #OwnVoices has been used for years to indicate a book written by an author from an underrepresented group

Indigo reported that net revenue was down 5.5 percent for its fiscal year ending on April 3, 2021. Its online sales more than doubled

Simon Element will be part of the Atria division and publish 30 to 40 titles every year.

The publishing world has often pondered who the next Oprah-level tastemaker would be. In recent years, the mantle has been picked up by a number of celebrities.

After allegations of sexual misconduct were reported against Bailey in The New York Times, his publisher, Norton, took his biography out of print in late April and reverted all rights.

Booktopia has purchased Brio Books, a publisher of mainstream fiction and nonfiction as well as self-published titles.

The private equity firm Elliott Investment Management, which owns Barnes & Noble and Waterstones, has acquired US-based Paper Source.

One of the fastest growing independent publishers in the US, Mango has partnered with Woo! Jr. to launch DragonFruit.

Catherine Cho was previously with Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency. She now runs Paper Literary.