Image credit: redital Popular online book marketplace, Bookshop.org has recently made an announcement that it has generated a £3m profit for the 570 independent bookshops using the same. They are also aiming to increase online sales for indie bookshops nearly five times by the year 2028, according to The Bookseller. The managing director of the platform, Nicole … [Read more...] about Bookshop.org Generates £3m in Profit For Indie Bookstores
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Paris booksellers upset at having to ‘hide’ their stalls during Olympics
Ahead of next year's Olympic Games in Paris, booksellers along the River Seine have been told they need to move. And the booksellers, known as bouquinistes, are quite upset about this. For over 450 years the open-air booksellers along the River Seine in Paris have must-see for tourists coming to the iconic city. The River Seine bouquinistes are the largest open-air book … [Read more...] about Paris booksellers upset at having to ‘hide’ their stalls during Olympics
PEN America Warns Literary Community Against Book Cancellation Due to Online Outrage
Image credit: knowyourmeme Well-known non-profit organization PEN America has published a report that warns the literary community against book cancellation due to outrage. In the report, they have highlighted the fact that social media backlash is encouraging moral standards for the publishers/authors and preventing their creative freedom as well as imagination. The … [Read more...] about PEN America Warns Literary Community Against Book Cancellation Due to Online Outrage
Two Different Trends in Global Book Sales : Here’s What the Report Says
As per Publisher's Weekly, the overall book sales in the world saw a mixed trend, with half countries showing a decline and the other half showing growth in 2022. The international news website that focuses on book publishing, literary and related topics found about the trend through their reporting from the Federation of European Publishers earlier. They mentioned in their … [Read more...] about Two Different Trends in Global Book Sales : Here’s What the Report Says
Simon & Schuster might finally be sold
Penguin Random House is the largest publishing company in the world, and they had their eyes set on one of the other large publishers, Simon & Schuster. The PRH was ready to pay $2.2 billion for it. Still, the deal was never finalized, due to the US Justice Department, citing the lack of competition—Penguin Random House to pay a $200 million termination fee to S&S parent … [Read more...] about Simon & Schuster might finally be sold
Children Book Market: What Brenna Connor Said in ABA Children Institute’s Ci2023
Image credit: bookweb If your little ones have been digging their heads into their favorite titles, you must be curious as to what genres have been keeping them glued. While the trending book genres/formats among kids have been diverse, Brenna Connor, Books Insights Manager of Circana, gave an in-depth insight into the Children's book market state at the Children's Institute … [Read more...] about Children Book Market: What Brenna Connor Said in ABA Children Institute’s Ci2023
Why Should You Always Buy eBooks Legitimately
With millions of books available for reading worldwide, readers usually cannot wait to indulge in an interesting title. Most of them want to access their favorite books easily, some even for free, and that's why they go for illegal book-sharing websites. But is it the right way to read your book? Well, not really! You should always access your favorite books in a legitimate and … [Read more...] about Why Should You Always Buy eBooks Legitimately
Print Book Sales Dropped in the First Half of 2023
After making strikingly strong sales during the pandemic, print books had a 6.5% drop in unit sales in 2022. The numbers remain steady in Q1 2023, and this was largely due to Prince Harry’s Spare, which is a 2023 non-fiction bestseller for now. Prince Harry’s explosive memoir sold more than 3.2 million copies globally in the first week of its publication. But in Q2 2023, no … [Read more...] about Print Book Sales Dropped in the First Half of 2023
TikTok video propels debut author Shawn Warner’s novel to bestseller status
In what can be considered a miracle of sorts, Shawn Warner, a debutant young adult (YA) murder mystery author, experienced an incredible journey that turned his book into a bestseller almost overnight, NBC reported. Warner's book, Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor soared to the top of the Amazon bestseller list within days, all thanks to the power of TikTok. A … [Read more...] about TikTok video propels debut author Shawn Warner’s novel to bestseller status
Authors sign open letter to AI CEOs
In April, The New York Times wrote a piece tracking the progress of a baby AI which learned from "reading" only Jane Austin Novels. The article states, "(AI's) are trained by going through mountains of internet text. In just an hour of training on a laptop, a language model can go from generating random characters to a very crude approximation of language." The article goes on … [Read more...] about Authors sign open letter to AI CEOs