The ISNI International Agency is having a group of advisers from sectors including book publishing and rights review its treatment of gender.
China Bestsellers: July Was Driven by Summer’s School Reading Lists
With the return to school on the horizon, classroom reading lists dominate the mid-summer charts in China for July.
Remembering the British Publishing Industry’s David Whitaker, ISBN Pioneer
Recalled as being opinionated, decisive, and difficult as well as insightful, innovative, and impressive, David Whitaker died on August 4.
Pandemic Effects Weigh on China’s 2021 First Half
Beijing OpenBook researchers say that from January to June this year, both physical and digital retail have been lagging.
Rights Roundup: A Monstrous 31 Rights Sales for a Trilogy in Finland
Titles in this Rights Roundup come from Finland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy, and they include a single entry with 31 rights sales.
Richard Charkin: Chronicling Publishing’s Digital Disputes
John B. Thompson’s new title ‘Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing’ gets a look from Richard Charkin.
Bowker: 727,000 US Self-Published ISBNs Registered in 2015
The US ISBN agency, Bowker, reports a 21-percent jump in self-published ISBNs—not titles—from 2014 to 2015, another indication of quickly rising interest in indie publishing.
International Industry Notes: Nielsen’s ISBN Store, Wiley’s Purchase
In the UK, Nielsen’s ISBN program has stepped into the digital age with what it describes as sure-footed grace. In the US, an internationally placed STM content platform is bought by a customer.
Ether for Authors: Rumors of the ISBN’s Demise
Porter Anderson’s weekly round-up of Web buzz for authors takes on the fate of the ISBN, the idea of the author platform, the prospects for used ebooks, and more.