Print books account for 70.6% of all units sold; eBook revenues decline Washington, DC; August 1, 2017 - The Association of American Publishers...
As of this month, Sunbury Press has discontinued publishing on the Nook platform. Sales had plummeted to just a couple units per month -- hardly wo...
July 19 , 2017
The facts about fiction
As we posted June's bestseller list, it was glaringly apparent that nearly 80% of the titles on the list were nonfiction. In addition, overall sale...
June 19 , 2017
BookExpo 2017: For Authors--Working with Indie Bookstores
Below is an article from the recent Book Expo in New York ... "We try to cater each event to that author and treat the event as if it's really, ...
May 19 , 2017
Ideas I tried that didn't work
(from Michael Stanier's article) 1. Hiring a PR agency Ask any author and they'll tell you what a disappointment PR has been for them. I'd exper...
April 19 , 2017
The trouble with fiction
Below is a table of book sales figures in 2014 and 2015 by category from our friends at Publishers Weekly: Adult Non-Fiction 2014 2015 % ...
April 19 , 2017
What to do about boomerang books?
One of my favorite people of all time was General Douglas MacArthur. He was so much more than a general -- he was also a great statesman who helpe...
March 26 , 2017
The Looming Collapse of Barnes and Noble
The Looming Collapse of Barnes and Noble In recent weeks, I've been grousing about returns and their sudden increase at the end of last year. Now...
February 19 , 2017
An Upturn in Returns
So, what's with the upturn in returns? First, let me say, as I have said in several prior issues of this newsletter, we both lose when books are re...