French publishers report that unit sales fell in 2022 by -7.7 percent over those sales in 2021. Editorial production was down by -2.9 percent.
Hodder & Stoughton Marks 150 Years in Book Publishing
At 150 and now owned by Hachette, the UK’s Hodder & Stoughton has a huge list of hits to its name and was ahead of the Penguin paperback revolution with pocket-size hardcovers in the 1920s.
Harper Lee Estate Curtails Mass Market Paperback Edition of ‘Mockingbird’
Once as common as a mockingbird, the mass market paperback edition of the late Harper Lee’s novel reportedly is coming to an end.
Why Did the Word “Paperback” Precede “Hardback” by 100 Years?
Why did the word ‘paperback’ appear one hundred years earlier than ‘hardback,’ when hardbacks had been around much longer?
dotbooks: Germany’s Digital Vanguard Meets Old-School Editing
After 20 years’ experience in German publishing, Beate Kuckertz has turned to a new challenge: starting a digital-first publisher in the print-focused German market.
German Book Title Production Drops 7% in 2010
By Siobhan O’Leary New releases in Germany in 2010 were once again heavily weighted toward fiction titles, which accounted for an overall share of 70% of new titles published (up from 66% in 2009). However, overall title production was down 7% compared to 2009 and 9% compared to the long-term average. According to buchreport, a total of 5431 new titles …
Richard Nash on the Future of Publishing
By Michelle Jones Richard Nash’s new publishing venture, Cursor, has yet to release it’s first title, but its already caused a quite a stir. Much of what has been written about Nash of late has to do with his plans to overhaul the nature of author contracts. But shortening the contracts to three years and eliminating advances are just part …
Working in Publishing v. Writing (and Unicorns v. Mexican Wrestlers)
By Edward Nawotka Sloane Crosley is the deputy director of publicity for Vintage Books and has been called “New York’s favorite book publicist.” She’s also the author of two essay collections: the bestseller I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number, which was published this week by Riverhead. She spoke with Publishing Perspectives about publicity …
What Publishers Today Can Learn from Allen Lane: Fearlessness
By James Bridle LONDON: When Allen Lane produced the popular paperback in 1934, his breakthrough was not in the creation of the paperback — they had had been around in various, if poor quality, formats for a number of years. His innovation was recognizing a novel context in which people were reading, or wanting to read. The legend goes that …
In the Age of E-books, Does the Cheap Paperback Have a Future?
By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story discusses Penguin’s 75th anniversary campaign in Australia, New Zealand and India which has seen the company reissue backlist titles from their line at the low price of AU$9.95. The result has been sales that have exceeded more than 250,000 copies in their first three months — a phenomenal sales pace. The series has proved …
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