Travel restrictions and shelter-in-place advisories at the start of the pandemic dried up orders from clients in the travel books and maps segment very quickly. “But now that travel has become possible again,” says Howard Musk, president and CEO of print management company Imago, “we are seeing these publishers placing orders for new and backlist titles. There is clearly a lot of pent-up market demand to meet.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Some nonfiction backlist titles will be used to train artificial intelligence with authors’ permissionPublisher HarperCollins will allow some of its titles to be used to train AI models, with the permission of authors.The company “has reached an agreement with an artificial intelligence... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-11-19 16:24:59 UTC ]
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Sample of books scored 100% on AI detection test as experts warn they contain dangerous adviceAmateur mushroom pickers have been urged to avoid foraging books sold on Amazon that appear to have been written by artificial intelligence chatbots.Amazon has become a marketplace for AI-produced tomes... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-09-01 16:32:27 UTC ]
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YA novelist Laurie Devore sells her adult debut to Avon, Del Rey buys a new novel and two backlist titles from Karen Lord, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Following the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe vs. Wade last month, religion publishers are promoting backlist titles on both sides of the abortion debate, while others are looking to publish new books on the issue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In the wake of the overturn of Roe v. Wade by a “vehemently anti-Democratic Supreme Court,” publishers have reported higher sales of both front- and backlist titles about abortion and reproductive freedom. Among the titles in high demand are Annie Ernaux’s memoir Happening (which was recently... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-06-28 17:52:43 UTC ]
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Once again the children’s writer Julia Donaldson tops the year-end ranking of writers through Nielsen, but a rise in sales of backlist titles saw a number of authors with large oeuvres make an appearance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-16 10:02:13 UTC ]
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This year, writers and publishers learned about the power of #BookTok—a literature-loving corner of TikTok where readers post videos inspired by the books they love. Viral trends involving certain books launched backlist titles to the top of the fiction charts; particularly, tearjerkers with... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-12-03 16:56:08 UTC ]
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The relaunch will comprise a series of reissued backlist titles and the publication of frontlist fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Riverhead has acquired the rights to the Nobel-winner's most recent novel, 'Afterlives,' as well as two backlist titles, 'By the Sea' and 'Desertion,' that had been out of print. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This might be a somewhat reductive thing to say about what was the dominant way of communicating in Ireland for the vast majority of its recorded history, but Gaeilge—the Irish language—is having something of a moment of late. There has been a surge of numbers in Irish immersion schools in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 15:01:51 UTC ]
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Recent months have brought several travel books that put environmental awareness front and center. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Travel restrictions and shelter-in-place advisories at the start of the pandemic dried up orders from clients in the travel books and maps segment very quickly. “But now that travel has become possible again,” says Howard Musk, president and CEO of print management company Imago, “we are seeing... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Reissued tales of classic journeys are being snapped up as Britons long for escape while having to stay at homeSome will go on a “great trudge” from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Others will explore the canyonlands of Utah or the mountains of Iran. But there is one idiosyncrasy they will all... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-07-04 07:30:15 UTC ]
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The video-sharing social media platform TikTok is not just a place where teens share the latest dance crazes—it’s also proving a driver of book sales, and beyond teen reads too. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-03 06:18:22 UTC ]
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Backlist titles have been a key driver of sales for trade book publishers over the last 12 months. At a U.S. Book Show panel, representatives from four major houses discussed strategies on how to continue to build a publisher’s backlist revenue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Shanghai Children’s Book Fair, scheduled to take place this year from 19th-21st November, will welcome international delegates to an in-person event as long as travel restrictions are not in place, the organisers have confirmed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-07 10:39:23 UTC ]
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You might think Tim Marshall would be chafing at the bit from the travel restrictions of the past year. After all, the author and journalist spent much of his 30-year-plus reporting career—the biggest chunk of that with Sky News, as the broadcaster’s foreign affairs editor—jetting to dangerous... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-09 05:23:31 UTC ]
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Sourcebooks has launched a new imprint company founder Dominique Raccah said will “expand what publishing can be for women authors.” E.L. James' backlist titles will become part of the imprint April 1. Pam Jaffee has joined Sourcebooks to help direct the imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The resilience of the print market, digital library borrowing and the appetite for backlist titles during the pandemic were among topics discussed at the ReBoot Books Business and Reading workshop held on Thursday (25th February). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-25 18:25:30 UTC ]
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New and backlist titles offering esoteric insight, ancient wisdom, and empowering practices did well during a year of ‘profound uncertainty,’ publishers say. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
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