The most popular digital checkouts at public libraries in 2022
According to OverDrive, which distributes digital materials to 22,000 libraries in 45 countries, these were the most popular titles globally.
According to OverDrive, which distributes digital materials to 22,000 libraries in 45 countries, these were the most popular titles globally.
The leading digital book subscription service in Europe, Storytel, has launched a new subscription level with a listening cap.
Good news: The final week of holiday sales in 2022 outpaced the same week from 2021.
After a few years of extraordinary growth, the creator economy, AI, BookTok, and Amazon may be poised for a fall.
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This year, works published in 1923 enter the public domain.
At the end of 2022, Canada changed its copyright laws so that books, songs, and plays will enjoy an additional 20 years of copyright protection.
After a round of layoffs at USA Today, the longtime editor of the USA Today bestseller list, Mary Cadden, lost her job.
When its sister publication, Artforum, was sold to Penske Media, Bookforum became financially untenable without Artforum’s income.
In a move likely related to PRH’s failure to acquire Simon & Schuster, Markus Dohle will step down from his position as CEO of Penguin Random House.
Aerio allowed anyone anywhere to immediately become an online bookseller at no cost, using the power of Ingram to fulfill orders.
A survey looking at the reading habits and preferences of Gen Z show that they are more likely to read on phones and embrace more genres.
Amazon has announced it’s ending magazine and newspaper subscriptions for Kindle next year along with print textbook rentals.
The goal: hear from diverse writers of commercial fiction.
Michelle Obama’s most recent book had less than one quarter of the first-week print sales of her 2018 memoir, Becoming.
In our last issue, we discussed limitations Amazon has made to how many categories a book can rank in simultaneously.
Former Hodder & Stoughton CEO and former John Murray sales and strategy director have launched Bedford Square Publishers.
Indie author Nicholas Erik calls it “nothing short of a marketing gamechanger.”
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OpenAI, the research laboratory responsible for GPT-3, recently debuted ChatGPT, a general-purpose chatbot that uses GPT-3.5.
Bob Dylan posted on Facebook that, owing to a combination of vertigo and the pandemic, he wasn’t able to sign art prints or his latest book.
A large group of agents have signed an open letter supporting the HCP Union, which has been striking since Nov. 10.
Parent company Paramount may seek or prefer a buyer that doesn’t require yet another review by the Department of Justice.
According to NPD BookScan, this holiday season is underperforming compared to 2021.
Amazon has new category ranking limitations; whether these changes are intentional or a glitch remains unclear
The audio streaming service wants to target casual listeners who have never listened to an audiobook by making the format easier and more convenient to try
When considering alternatives to Twitter, there’s more to keep in mind than simply what’s new or popular.
Based in Vancouver, Sara Harowitz has joined as a literary agent. She seeks narrative nonfiction, essays, and memoir.
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This monumental effort is the work of Thad McIlroy in partnership with Publishers Weekly.
Red Tower Books will be a new adult commercial-fiction imprint focused on romantic fantasy and science fiction genres.
Kobo is expanding their Kobo Plus subscription service in Canada to include an option for unlimited use of over 100,000 audiobooks.
The new feature, for pro tier users only, allows you to turn any story, photo, or video file into something people have to pay for online.
PRH’s journey to acquire Simon & Schuster has come to an end.
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Simon & Schuster sold 900 copies of a collector’s edition of Dylan’s new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, for $599.
The strike began Nov. 10 and continues as of this writing. About 250 workers belong to the HarperCollins union; the publisher employs about 4,000 globally.
Amazon is tightening its belt by laying off workers, pulling back on expansion of its fulfillment network, and closing some warehouses.
During the pandemic, Amazon hired more than 800,000 employees, mostly at its warehouses. Now there is a hiring freeze.
Tor announced release dates for “commercial editions” of the four novels that Sanderson first offered through his Kickstarter campaign.
TikTok in the UK is now selling books directly through TikTok—which isn’t a surprise, given their recent investment in fulfillment centers.
The site is known as Z-Library, and it was especially popular among TikTok users.
This year’s holiday print book sales in the US are lining up closely with 2020, according to NPD BookScan.
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