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January 1, 2016

Friday News: Happy 2016!

JanetPublishing Newsbook releases / content marketing / predictions / publishing / technology / trends3 Comments

6 book trends for 2016: Look into the future – It’s always fun to look back at the end of a year and see how all the forecasting posts panned out. Carolyn Kellogg has some predictable predictions (heh), like the trending of print (note: it frustrates me when print books are referred to ... more >

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December 13, 2012

Thursday News: Atlantic suggests labels for people based on inbox count; NY has released 870,000 fascinating images from the 1800s to early 1900s

JanePublishing Newsdedicated device / scholastic / Simon & Schuster / trends16 Comments

What Your Email Inbox Count Says About You – I thought this was a funny categorization of people based on the unread email messages in an inbox. What it doesn’t really identify is how many emails are read but not responded to. Currently I have 47. Most times I get ... more >

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January 3, 2011

2010 Trend Analysis from All Romance eBooks

JanePublishing NewsAll-Romance-Ebooks / book business / digital publishing / Elloras-Cave / trends18 Comments

Lori James, co owner of All Romance eBooks and its sister site, Omni Lit, share a 2010 trend analysis that she said I could share with all of you. I think that there are some really interesting data points.   (Here’s an interview Kassia Kroszer did with Lori James and one ... more >

June 12, 2008

Science Fiction Authors to Watch For

JanePublishing NewsAuthor Promotion / Fantasy Romance / Science-Fiction-Romance / trendsComments Off on Science Fiction Authors to Watch For

A number of industry insiders highlight young authors that might be tomorrow’s big stars in an article for SF Signal. While the article asks for the top 18 next big genre stars, it seems clear from the answers that the genre is the science fiction / fantasy one and not ... more >

January 8, 2008

Publishers Weekly Provides 15 Trend Predictions

JanePublishing NewsPublishers-Weekly / publishing / trends1 Comments

Publishers Weekly published a list of 15 trends to watch for in 2008 by “industry guru” Mike Shatzkin. I have something to say about all of these predictions, but no time to do so right now. Alot of the trends relate to ebooks, digital ventures, and web based advertising.

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