Does your number of Facebook fans translate into book sales? How can publishers develop meaningful reader communities on social networks?
US Digital Sales Up 147% in May, Print Plops
Digital sales are booming, up 146.9% in May and produced $73.4 million in revenue, according to the Association of American Publishers.
Is Self-Published Self-Help at a Disadvantage?
Are you more dubious of self-published self-help books than those coming from traditional publishers?
Five Tips for Working with Hollywood as a Publisher or Author
The importance of “key art,” how to work with co-agents, and whether or not to follow your gut. By Edward Nawotka For the past two days we’ve looked at the process of book discovery in Hollywood, and as discussed yesterday, how the cultures between book publishing and filmmaking are often at odds. Continuing yesterday’s conversation with Pat Walsh, former editor …
German E-books Accounted for 0.5% Revenue in 2010, Breakthrough Expected in 2011
By Publishing Perspectives staff Germany’s book market is among the top three in size in the world, though e-books remain only a small percentage of overall sales, accounting for 21.2 million Euros in revenue in 2010, or 0.5% of the total market (excluding academic books and textbooks) and just 5.4% of sales, according to a new joint study between the German …
DISCUSS: Should Bestselling Books Be Awarded Sales Certifications?
By Edward Nawotka At PubCamp@SXSW, discussed in today’s feature story, Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books suggested that what the book industry needs is to award sales certification status to bestselling titles. “I know how much the book industry rejects comparison with the music industry,” she said, “but wouldn’t it help customers is books were awarded something like Platinum …
How Can Games Be Used to Promote Literary Brands?
By Edward Nawotka As discussed in our lead article today, gamification is a growing trend among marketers. In one current example from the book world, Kirkus Reviews — the venerable American book review magazine — will launch beta version of a new social network trivia game with game developer Qrank at tomorrow’s PubCamp@SXSW in Austin. The trivia game will focus on literary history, …
Is There a Global Market for Indian Comics and Children’s Books?
By Edward Nawotka The first annual Comic Con in India was held last weekend and, according to Andrew Dodd of Campfire Books, it was a runaway success. Homegrown stories from Indian publishers and featuring Indian heroes were especially popular. While Dodd acknowledges that the comics market in India is still “nascent,” there might be potential for Indian publishers to market …
Could Brazil and South America Eventually Surpass US, Asia and Europe in E-book Adoption?
By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story covers the growth of the Brazilian e-book market over the last year. As discussed in the past two days, both Europe and South America are lagging behind the US and Asia in terms of e-book adoption. As their markets continue to grow, there may be the opportunity for Brazil and South America to even …
Do Conglomerates Still Have Advantages Over Independent Publishers?
By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story looks at the state of independent publishing in the Netherlands. One of the conclusions of the article is that, at least where Dutch publishing is concerned, bigger isn’t necessarily better. The changes at the conglomerates — perhaps most significantly, the general reduction of sales teams — have started leveling the playing field the big …