Publishing Industry Reporting

Through August 2022, print book sales are down by 5 percent versus 2021, which is considered very good performance.

4U2B Books & Media is a new imprint that will publish children’s books as well as select titles for adults.

UK publisher Angry Robot Books is launching Datura Books, a crime fiction imprint.

UK-based Titan Comics is establishing a new manga imprint, Titan Manga.

Podcast network Lemonada Media and Penguin Random House have partnered to launch the Lemonada Book Club podcast.

NPD analyst Kristen McLean provided context for the allegation that half of the trade titles published each year sell fewer than a dozen copies.

Austin-based startup Literati offers subscription book boxes and online book clubs primarily in the children’s market.

Big publishers can leverage smaller marketing spend to greater effect than smaller publishers.

UK-based Quarto Publishing is launching a new gift book imprint in 2023 called Kaddo.

The book club will feature five titles for adults annually—one for each season and one Pick of the Year.

With a backlist of about 1,000 titles and 25 new titles per season, the imprint will publish books on arts and crafts.

Right on the heels of the TikTok and Barnes & Noble marketing partnership, TikTok and Amazon have announced that Amazon will now sponsor the TikTok Book Club.

Even though Barnes & Noble is having a tough time with new titles in hardcover, the format was selling well overall in 2021 for the children’s market.

While the case hinges on how the merger may affect a mere 1,200 authors earning advances over $250K, information presented during testimony offers rare insights for all authors

Based in San Antonio, Trinity University Press has launched Tinta Books and Terra Firma, both nonfiction imprints.

The mass market paperback format has been slowly declining for years, affected by lower-price ebooks and the migration of authors and publishers to the trade paperback format.

As of August 6, this year’s print book sales are 6 percent below 2021 levels, according to NPD BookScan.

Tonic is a new nonfiction imprint that provides readers with “a toolkit to navigate everyday life.”

Through July 23, US print book sales are trending 6 percent lower than 2021.

BookNet Canada recently released print book sales figures for the first half of 2022.

As of July 2, print book sales have fallen 7 percent versus last year in the US market, according to NPD Books.

Through a partnership with TalkShopLive (TSL), a streaming video shopping network, Walmart has launched Walmart Live Book Club.

A new pick will be announced every month, and there will be a #BookClub hub in the app.

Myrsini Stephanides has launched a new literary agency, Arc Literary Management.

Publishers Weekly recently compiled NPD BookScan data on sales in major categories, comparing 2021 to 2022.