The monthly list, a partnership between NielsenIQ and Media Control, will combine verified retail sales data collected by NielsenIQ and engagement from the BookTok community. The list has already been launched in Germany. “At Media Control, we are contributing our full expertise to the collection, analysis, and compilation of the #BookTok Charts in the UK. I am very pleased to continue this success story in the UK together with our partners NielsenIQ BookData and TikTok,” said Ulrike Altig, managing director of Media Control and book researcher. Learn more.
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.
