The August assessment of Circana BookScan’s Kristen McLean shows romance leading a drop in United States print book sales.
Circana on July’s US Print Book Market: A Slight Frontlist Gain
Despite overall flat sales this July, Circana reports that the US book market also saw some frontlist gains and new voices on the bestseller list.
US Book Market: Circana Reports an Uptick at Mid-June
In US print unit sales, Kristen McLean sees a 12-percent gain over the same time frame in 2019, if 8.6 million units below 2022’s number.
The 2022 Lambda Literary Awards Are Announced in 24 Categories
The Lambda Literary Awards’ digital 2022 presentation named winners from a pool of 120 shortlisted finalists.
2021 Watty Awards: An Asexual Romance Takes the Top Prize
Winners in the 2021 Watty Awards include stories inducted into the Paid Stories program that allows writers to earn money for their work.
Wattpad-Webtoon’s Book Group Opens Graphic Novel Imprint
The merged Canadian and Korean platforms are expected to generate 12 graphic novels per year in the Webtoon Unscrolled imprint.
French Youth Books: Glénat Acquires Hugo Companies for Romance, Comics
One goal of Glénat’s acquisition of Hugo, says Arthur de Saint Vincent, is a complementary use of licenses, heavy on romance and comics.
The Merged Wattpad Webtoon Studios Names First Projects
The two platforms brought together by South Korea’s Naver have begun early development on a trio of properties.
Sourcebooks’ International Rights and Sales: A Booster from Bloom Books
A new international rights hit for Sourcebooks, Scarlett St. Clair’s ‘dark fantasy romance’ has just sold into at least eight territories.
The US-Based Lambda Literary Awards Program Names Its 2021 Finalists
Moving this year to digital submissions, the 33rd annual Lambda Literary Awards program names 120 titles in its shortlists.