Getting Down to Business
By Densie Webb | November 2, 2024 |
Moving fact-based books into the fiction section of libraries may be the latest twist on book banning. Taylor Swift has joined the ranks of published authors (though the book is more of a Swifties tour guide). Book sales in all its forms is on the upswing. Is the quality of print-on-demand books less than? Cofounder of Goodreads is offering a new app that curates book options for you. On the opposite end of that spectrum, Gen Z and Millennials evidently love in-person book-store browsing. Romantasy is hotter than ever. James Patterson and crew have taken the leap into Substack. And maybe the biggest news of all, TikTok is making the foray into book publishing. It could be huge, given their gargantuan platform.
Audiobooks
Audiobooks for the win—they may strengthen memory in older adults
Book Bans
Texas library places book about colonization in fiction section
Bookstores
Survey finds Gen Z and Millennials are fans of book stores
Celebrity Books
It was bound to happen—Taylor Swift is an author
Children’s Books
Kids first is Scholastic’s strategy
Books for tweens about elections and voting
Half of children’s books with diverse characters are written by white authors
Publishing
China’s publishing industry seeks new growth
5-day conference in NYC on all things publishing
The Association of American Publishers sees ‘nearly all categories’ getting an uptick, for July
A detailed look at the goings on at the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair
Nielsen BookData Releases Book Sales Data for the first half of 2024
Low-quality print on demand paperback books
The 8th annual Women in Publishing Summit
Inside the political book machine
Publishing People
Nan Graham to step down as publisher of Scribner
Readers
How publishing has left boys behind
Goodreads Cofounder Launches Smashing, a Content Curation App
Romance
Romantasy breaks another record
Are dirty romance novels losing their stigma?
Social Media
James Patterson has joined Substack
TikTok
TikTok dips its toes in the publishing waters
Why Tiktok’s publishing venture is a smart move
Hundreds of thousands are flocking to LibraryTok
Would you be willing to submit your manuscript to TikTok’s bold new publishing venture? Why or why not?
I think Taylor Swift’s book is self-published. Is that correct? Didn’t Madonna write a children’s book in the 1990s?
Thank you for the news.
Yes, with Taylor Swift Publications, of course!
Thank you for this roundup, Densie. As always, it’s an excellent resource for keeping up with what’s going on in the publishing world.
Thank you so much ofr making all this information available in one place.