The many shams, scams and Wikipedia scrapers employed by certain online ‘publishers’ are now in their tenth year. Consider the book blurb containing the following:
“Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.” …
Factors influencing E-book purchases are revealed in Nielsen Books & Consumers: a monthly survey of around 3,000 book buyers aged 13-84 that are nationally representative of the UK population.
Although lockdown has started to ease and book shops are reopening, many readers have switched to digital formats. The latest survey results indicate the influences driving book selection for e-books and audio books. …
Unsurprisingly, there’s a direct correlation between books, display prices and ad results. The Bookbub Partners website recently published some research demonstrating the impact of display pricing in ads for ebooks and audio books through Bookbub. …
Winning at Épée: Techniques for the Shorter Fencer is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.
After rising print sales in June, the monthly figures from NPD showed July US print sales up 15% – but the headline number doesn’t mean a bonanza for everyone. …
“Survey shows 60% expect the impact of the pandemic may put them out of business, prompting calls for concerted help.
More than half of the UK’s small publishers fear they could be out of business by the autumn as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to research by the Bookseller, which warns of a ‘whole tranche of writers that either will not write, or will be unable to see their work published’”. …
Majority of small publishers fear closure in wake of coronavirusRead More »
“…this crisis should be an opportunity for book publishing, a period of high demand from readers stuck at home. Ebooks and digital audiobooks are selling better than usual, alongside the print books Amazon and a few others manage to deliver. So what does the overall picture look like for publishing at a moment when readers need the industry the most? And just as important, what might it look like on the other side of the pandemic?” …
How the coronavirus will change book publishing, now and foreverRead More »
The Newcomer’s Guide to Competition Fencing is available on Amazon Now in both e-book and paperback editions.
You can now preview our first publication to use a Book-2-Look, ‘see inside’ page viewer.
As described in our post on Book-2-Look widgets, this is a preview Biblet hosted by Nielsen which is now being embedded on various book sites. The page preview widget can be seen below. …
#stopthespread with these handy tips.
Follow these tips from the World Health Organization to keep yourself safe and help contain the spread of the virus. …
