Storytel reports seeing a rise in audiobook downloads in Russia by 45 percent in the last year. LitRes leads market.
NPD BookScan: Mystery Solved on US Thriller Sales’ Lag?
There may be clues in the metadata behind an apparent yearlong downturn in US thriller and suspense sales, even as women authors rise in the category.
Russian Publishers See Strong Sales in Imported Crime Fiction
The strength of crime fiction in the Russian market, publishers say, has to do with contemporary genre voices in international markets.
Words Without Borders January: Translations That Travel Well
In its year-opening issue, Words Without Borders collects travel writing from nine authors, translated from German, Polish, Norwegian, Hungarian, and more.
Words Without Borders December: True Crime for the Holidays
In this ‘Words Without Borders’ issue on true crime, Susan Harris asks, for the reader, ‘Is this the truth of the case? And if not, how can I tell?’
Machine Learning: Can a Computer Judge a Book By Its Cover?
Could software someday design book covers that could be judged—correctly—by human readers? Research in Japan says…it depends.
Sisters in Crime on Diversity: Multiculturalism, They Wrote
The writers’ support organization Sisters in Crime releases a new report on diversity in mystery writing and today’s book publishing industry.
Random House Germany Courts Romance Readers
Random House Germany recently launched an online community for romance readers and a literary festival to connect romance writers to their fans.
A Few Words With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s John Joseph Adams
In the long-running tension between pure entertainment and meaningful science-fiction and fantasy, anthologist John Joseph Adams says, ‘We can have both. It just takes more work.’
History and Historicals: At 75, Avon Romances the Readers
This year marks the diamond anniversary of Avon Books’ operation in the market, although it has been focused on romance for 44 of its 75 years. Today, it’s HarperCollins’ Avon Books.