Publishing Publishers To Invest In Reader Data For Marketing By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 27, 2012 - 4:23 PM According to a new survey by Digital Book World and Forrester Research, almost two-thirds of publishers plan to increase their investment in acquiring reader data. The poll also found that almost 71 percent of publishers agreed ...
Resources Mass Market Paperback Sales Down Nearly 41% By Jason Boog on Feb. 27, 2012 - 3:42 PM According to the Association of American Publishers (AAP) net sales revenue report for December (chart embedded above), adult mass market paperback sales dropped 40.9 percent compared to the same period the year before. Overall tr ...
Bookselling | Publishing UK Royal Mail Issues Six Roald Dahl Stamps By Maryann Yin on Feb. 27, 2012 - 3:07 PM With a few days left in the Month of Letters Challenge, the UK Royal Mail has issued six “gloriumptiously” collectible stamps for Roald Dahl fans. Here’s more from the description page: “Six of Dahl’s mo ...
Digital Copia Runs Sale on eBooks Dropped by Amazon By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 27, 2012 - 1:23 PM The publishing industry has responded since Independent Publishers Group (IPG) announced that Amazon did not renew its contract last week—removing almost 5,000 books from the Kindle store. Author Jim Hanas, whose book was remo ...
Publishing | Resources | Social Media Figment to Manage HarperCollins’ Inkpop Writing Community By Jason Boog on Feb. 27, 2012 - 11:23 AM Starting next month, the online writing community Figment will manage HarperCollins’ Inkpop writing community in a new partnership. Here’s more from the release: “Figment will assume control of all inkpop activi ...
Events Ben Marcus & Book Savvy Conference Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Feb. 27, 2012 - 10:23 AM Here are some literary events to jump-start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please announce your event one week prior to its date. Editor Shelly Reed will heading ...
Book Biz | Publishing | Resources How to Build a Group Book Tour By Maryann Yin on Feb. 24, 2012 - 4:38 PM Authors Marie Lu, Beth Revis, Jessica Spotwood and Andrea Cremer teamed up for Penguin Books for Young Readers’ annual “Breathless Reads” tour this year. The tour ends tonight at 7 p.m. in Los Angeles at Once Upo ...
Authors | People J. K. Rowling’s New Book ‘Very Different to Harry’ By Jason Boog on Feb. 24, 2012 - 3:47 PM After exploding the Internets yesterday with news that she will publish her first novel for adults, Harry Potter creator J. K. Rowling made a rare Twitter appearance to talk about the book. She tweeted today: “As you may hav ...
Authors Jim Hanas Is ‘Kicking The Amazon Habit’ By Dianna Dilworth on Feb. 24, 2012 - 3:07 PM Frustrated by the contract lapse between Amazon and IPG, author Jim Hanas has decided to remove the Amazon buy button from his website for the book Why They Cried. Hanas explains how the removal from Kindle has affected him in a ...
People Jeremy Lin Spawns New Literary Genre By Jason Boog on Feb. 24, 2012 - 2:47 PM Yahoo News interviewed this GalleyCat editor about a crop of rushed books about basketball star Jeremy Lin. We singled out “Jeremy Lin: Advice from Sun Tzu on Basketball and the Art of War!!!“–a $1.99 “e-pa ...