Publishing Newsadolescence / bestseller lists / Comics / data and analytics / Macmillan / Mark Millar / Netflix / periods / Pronoun / Self-publishing / sex ed2 Comments
Macmillan’s Pronoun Self-Publishing Platform Signs Off – If you’ve never heard of Pronoun, you may know the company by its former name, Vook. Pronoun’s closure announcement is somewhat vague (“Macmillan is unable to continue Pronoun’s operation in its current form”) and they seem to be retaining the data and analytics ... more >
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New USA TODAY books list: The 100 books everyone’s reading – Many books on this list of the top 100 USA Today bestsellers for 2016 are no surprise (just look at the top five below). I made a mental note that Janet Evanovich is still selling Stephanie Plum at pretty robust ... more >
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Only one book has made the Amazon Top 10 every year for the past decade – I did not expect this one, but after reading the article, I get it. Hint: it’s nonfiction. I have removed any identifying information from the description below so you can see the results for yourself. ... more >
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How One Man and His Twitter Army Stormed the Bestseller List – An interesting chronicle of Shea Serrano’s quirky social media campaign, and the way it pushed his graphic novel on rap music to the point of selling completely out, before it was even released. What is perhaps most telling here is ... more >
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Making the New York Times remains one of the landmarks of an author’s career. Enn Bocci, publicist, reached out to a number of authors to ask them where they where when they received the news of this occasion and I thought it would be fun to share these series of ... more >
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N.Y. Times keeps Cruz off bestseller list – Despite robust sales for Ted Cruz’s new book, it does not appear on the New York Times bestseller list, which prompted Harper Collins to send a letter to the newspaper, asking them why the book was absent from the list. Initially, Harper Collins ... more >