PublishDrive has added Dreame and Hoopla to its list of sales channels. Hoopla is used by more than 2,000 library systems using the cost-per-checkout model. Dreame is a new reading app that targets female readers under the age of 40 in the English-speaking South Asian market. Learn more about the partnerships with Hoopla and Dreame. If you don’t use PublishDrive as a distributor but would like to, keep in mind they charge a flat fee for distribution of more than one title.
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.
