Linda:

Great article! However… “When you ask a salesclerk how they are and they... Read Entire Comment

rosemary:

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Darci:

As an aspiring romance writer and diehard Harlequin reader, I heard through the publishing... Read Entire Comment

Monique DiCarlo:

A+! Possibly because I am not an English native and I therefore double check... Read Entire Comment

Peter Nevland:

Thanks for the additional info about Tora, Elizabeth, but I would hesitate to say... Read Entire Comment

Elizabeth Jennings:

You have your facts wrong. Harlequin Enterprises is a highly successful... Read Entire Comment

Carolyn Wilman:

One thing you left off was, a message people want to hear. I have written a book... Read Entire Comment

Mark:

Not only are the Betamax versus VHS or Blu-Ray versus HD comparisons weak, they are... Read Entire Comment

mj claire:

I totally agree with this sentiment. A book is a beautiful thing. It should be... Read Entire Comment

Lee Abraham:

When Television was introduced decades ago, many experts predicted the death of... Read Entire Comment

Bernice & Andy Tate:

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Chesser M. Brown:

I was wondering if i have to first just send the cover letter along with my book... Read Entire Comment

Walter H. Hunt:

Hmm. I don’t recall having “paranormal cops, psychic PI’s, vampires,... Read Entire Comment

Bernice & Andy Tate:

Book Title: How The Dalmatian Got Its Spots About the Book In their third... Read Entire Comment

Bernice & Andy Tate:

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Marketing with Doses of Silliness

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Mass Market Paperbacks

What is the bestselling mass market paperback of all time? No, Scholastic never published a mass market edition of Harry Potter. Da Vinci Code? A better guess, but with a ... [Link]

Computer Books On The Rebound?

According to publisher Tim O’Reilly–who uses BookScan sales data to track the state of the computer book market–the category has pulled out of a 40 week tailspin. In a post ... [Link]

Audiobook Sales

Publishers Weekly reports that the Audio Publishers Association has completed an industry survey that shows sales increasing 6% in 2006 to $923 million. According to the APA survey, CD’s accounted ... [Link]

British Book Production

The Nielsen Company finally released their official 2006 book production figures for the UK. According to Nielsen, 115,522 new titles and editions were published last year, an increase of 4% ... [Link]

Female Sleuths

In my article on the Mystery & Detective category, I noted that Janet Evanovich’s Lean Mean Thirteen, the latest Stephanie Plum mystery, appears on most national bestseller lists. Stephanie Plum ... [Link]

The Changing Face of Romance

In my category close-up of romance books, I cited a study commissioned by the Romance Writers of America, which showed, among other things, the size of the market, where readers ... [Link]

The Harry Potter Effect

Last week, the New York Times ran a short piece by Alex Mindlin on the so-called “Harry Potter Effect.” In her article entitled “Harry Potter and the Gyrating Book Sales”, ... [Link]

Bibles

Looking at the bestseller lists, one could be forgiven for thinking that the religion segment –or at least those cross-over titles that sell through traditional sales channels and fly high ... [Link]

Is the Internet Express Slowing Down?

On the front page of Sunday’s New York Times, there was an article about how the rate of growth for Internet retailing has slowed, “proving” that the bricks-and-mortar folks have ... [Link]

Bestseller Ideas

In this week’s interview, Dean Rotbart and Michael Drew discuss the likelihood of a book idea becoming a publishing success. In their discussion, they reveal how to identify whether More

The Lessons of Harry Potter: A Beneath the Cover Podcast

Michael R. Drew discusses what all authors - even those writing non-fiction - can learn from the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter Series. More