- Titles leading sales gains at Hachette, Q1 2017: Trump’s War, The Shack
- Titles leading sales gains at HarperCollins, Q1 2017: Hillbilly Elegy, Hidden Figures
- Titles leading sales gains at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Q1 2017: Whole30 Cookbook, Tools of Titans
- Titles leading sales gains at Simon & Schuster, Q1 2017: Unshakeable, A Man Called Ove, All by Myself, End of Watch, Dork Diaries 11, Baseball Genius
- First week print sales of Women Who Work by Ivanka Trump: 10,445
- First week print sales of Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg: 74,176
- Barnes & Noble stock price on April 26 before new CEO Demos Parneros announced: $8.90
- Barnes & Noble stock price on April 28 after the CEO announcement: $8.55
- Barnes & Noble stock price on May 15: $7.85
Sources: Q1 Sales Up at Hachette Book Group; Sales, Earnings Up in Q3 at HarperCollins; HMH Trade Reports Improved Q1; Sales, Earnings Rise at S&S in Q1; Ivanka Trump Is No Sheryl Sandberg
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.
