There is no disputing the fact that the publishing industry looks nothing like it did even ten years ago, let alone a hundred years ago. As a result of these swift and all-encompassing changes, bookselling has changed dramatically, too. One of the first major shifts was in the large numbers of adult readers who were voraciously consuming young adult literature, largely because … [Read more...] about Latest Bestselling Trend Is Coloring Books…for Adults
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The Real Reasons Why Adults Read YA Fiction
A 2012 study found that 55% of all Young Adult fiction was purchased by adults and many journalists lately have been writing either for or against if adults should be consuming childrens and YA Fiction at the levels they are. The deeper question is why our culture encourages us to perpetually relive our teenage years. One of the reasons why YA Fiction is so popular is due … [Read more...] about The Real Reasons Why Adults Read YA Fiction
eBook Review: Time’s Echo by Rysa Walker
Verdict: 5 Stars Books like this one make me love digital publishing. Not only do I have something to read while suffering through the interminable wait between Timebound and Time's Edge (book 2), but I get a whole new perspective on the storyline, thanks to author Rysa Walker self-publishing this novella-slash-teaser while we wait for Amazon Publishing's Skyscape imprint to … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Time’s Echo by Rysa Walker
Publishers, Take Note: YA Genre Growing at Faster Rate
Some surprising information from Nielsen Book Scan has showed that, not only has the young adult genre grown by 24% in the last year, but that 80% of the market for young adult fiction is actually made up of adult readers. So while the publishing industry slowly starts to take notice of that trend, what does that mean for indie authors? Why are adults suddenly so interested in … [Read more...] about Publishers, Take Note: YA Genre Growing at Faster Rate
Amazon Posts Bestseller List for 2012
With only a couple of weeks to finish out the current year, Amazon has released its list of bestselling titles from 2012, ranging in different categories. Some titles, like the third book in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, held the list's top spots in different capacities, as they were stand-alone bestsellers and boxed set bestsellers. Sequels fared very well this year, at … [Read more...] about Amazon Posts Bestseller List for 2012
Beebliome Develops Interactive History Novelizations for YA Readers
The early reports from the world of digital publishing once indicated that teenagers and young adults were the demographic who was least likely to adopt digital reading, choosing instead to keep their academic lives and their entertainment lives wholly separate. That tendency is changing, possibly because there just wasn't dynamic content before that lent itself more to digital … [Read more...] about Beebliome Develops Interactive History Novelizations for YA Readers
eBook Review: Secrets and Lies by Ella Monroe
Verdict: 2 Stars As a decidedly un-YA novel that is trying to pass itself off as hip young adult, Monroe’s recent follow-up to her Capital Girls book falls very short. The books, which follow the lives of four girls in an exclusive Washington, D.C. prep school, aims to keep up with the antics of privileged teens whose high-powered parents afford them the opportunity to do as … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Secrets and Lies by Ella Monroe
New Digital Imprint Features Award-Winning Authors for Charity
One of the benefits of digital publishing is the open access to publication, which some purists would also argue can be one of its biggest drawbacks. Now that anyone can digitally publish, some authors are working to find ways to vet their titles and make those polished titles stand out to reading consumers. In this accessible digital era, then, a number of small press … [Read more...] about New Digital Imprint Features Award-Winning Authors for Charity
eBook Review: iFrankenstein by Bekka Black
Verdict: 5 Stars One of the challenges that young adult readers often face is the need to balance their preferred methods and formats of reading with the requirement—usually as part of school curricula—to read the often dreaded classics, but author Bekka Black has found a way to make even those oldest tomes more up-to-date and easily comprehended. Continuing with the … [Read more...] about eBook Review: iFrankenstein by Bekka Black
Do Books Need a Rating System?
Here’s a sensitive topic bound to elicit twenty different opinions from twenty different people: do books need a rating system? Everything from movies to music to even video games have a rudimentary rating level, flawed though it may be, that lets consumers have some small idea of the type of content they can expect from the purchase. Video games and movies get ratings for … [Read more...] about Do Books Need a Rating System?
Crossover Appeal Leads to Increased Sales in YA/MG Ebooks
As good news from the publishing abounds in both the print and digital realms, one area in particular is experiencing a full-fledged revival. Both the young adult and middle grade genres, tabulated in terms of sales in the children’s book category, are posting numbers that show a clear rise in sales. One of the reasons for this popularity is the mass appeal of one series … [Read more...] about Crossover Appeal Leads to Increased Sales in YA/MG Ebooks
Barnes and Noble Encouraging Teen Digital Reading
It's been a long-standing paradox that teenagers are the demographic least likely to adopt to digital reading. While they have always been stereotypically known for being the most tech savvy among us, there has been an identifiable divide between using their devices for fun and using their devices for what may be considered academics. Now, Barnes and Noble is working on … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Encouraging Teen Digital Reading
Penguin’s Commitment to Ebook Innovation
Of the seven imprints within the Penguin Young Readers division, one imprint seems to have a lot more, well, fun. If taking on projects that incur an enormous amount of risk can be considered fun, that is. Projects like the Marcel the Shell book based on a viral YouTube video, the Vampire Academy series, and Zorgamazoo, a full-length novel done entirely in Dr. Seuss-esque … [Read more...] about Penguin’s Commitment to Ebook Innovation
Ebook of the Week: S. R. Johannes
With so much discussion in the industry about reasons for authors to choose indie publishing over traditional, many authors and readers alike tend to overlook the fact that the end result of a traditional publishing deal only comes about after a publisher has signed the author’s book. After the first hurdle of signing with an agent, a lot of writers tend to perceive that step … [Read more...] about Ebook of the Week: S. R. Johannes