Book Sales Stats
The Lost Generation?
Andrew Grabois - Dec 31, 2007The day before the sixty-sixth anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pear Harbor, I came across the following tidbit in Cindy Adams’ gossip column in the New York Post: “The History Channel has nixed future WWII programming. They claim: Doesn’t fit our demographics. The History Channel!?” I was knocked for More
How Scholastic Lost Its Way
Andrew Grabois - Dec 24, 2007Last week the New York Times reported that Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter series, is finally moving on. In an effort to replace the Harry Potter cash cow, Scholastic has come up with a new multi-media series called The 39 Clues. Consisting of ten books and related More
Poker
Andrew Grabois - Nov 26, 2007While in a downtown Manhattan Barnes & Noble bookstore the other day, I noticed that an entire book case was devoted to poker. Pretty good for a game that was — until recently — thought of as the pastime of middle-aged men desperate for a couple of hours away from More
Beltway Books: T-Minus 53 weeks until Election Day
Greenleaf Team - Oct 21, 2007By Aaron Hierholzer and Matthew Patin The 2008 presidential election might seem far away, but cable news indicates otherwise. This is the first of an oh-so-relevant series about books by or about politicians, wannabe politicians, talking heads, and other myriad wonks. Some weeks there might be a column. Some weeks More
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Mass Market Paperbacks
Posted 8 months agoWhat 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?
Posted 8 months agoAccording 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
Posted 8 months agoPublishers 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
Posted 9 months agoThe 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
Posted 9 months agoIn 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
Posted 10 months agoIn 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
Posted 10 months agoLast 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
Posted 11 months agoLooking 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?
Posted 11 months agoOn 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]
The Short of It
Posted 11 months agoOver in the UK, there was a strange article by Al Kennedy in June 12ths issue of the Independent. He argues that the much-maligned short story is “alive and well” ... [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 your idea is bestseller material. Do you really have a sure-fire idea for a bestseller? Hear what they have to say . . . .
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
