Publishers go back to backlist

Backlist is more important than ever for the publishing industry and the opportunity to use backlist titles to drive the sale of frontlist titles is, according to publishers, “one of the true excitements” of the new era of digital publishing. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]

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How Data Is Accelerating the Publishing Industry

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On Writers and Writing review – Margaret Atwood on her profession

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James Patterson resorts to blowing up new book Private Vegas

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Authors speak out against ethnic and cultural stereotyping

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Oyster, Scribd Add Macmillan E-books; Frontlist Grows

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Why is American book publishing so white?

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Publishers go back to backlist

Backlist is more important than ever for the publishing industry and the opportunity to use backlist titles to drive the sale of frontlist titles is, according to publishers, “one of the true excitements” of the new era of digital publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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