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INDUSTRY NEWS Costco plans to stop selling books year-round New York Times bestseller list is biased against conservatives: study Queer books are seeing a bump nationally. Local booksellers say it’s…

INDUSTRY NEWS AI-Voiced Audiobooks Top 40,000 Titles on Audible Yes, People Still Buy Books. How a viral post got some key statistics wrong. No, the “real” Middle Grade reading crisis…

INDUSTRY NEWS USA Today resumes its bestseller list for books after monthslong hiatus TikTok Is Starting Its Own Publishing Company Amazon’s ebook charts are full of AI-generated spam Frankfurt’s CONTEC…

INDUSTRY NEWS Spotify is acquiring an audiobook company The State of Indie Authorship in 2021 Authors Guild Supports the Right to Sue for Damages for Copyright Infringement Beyond Three Year…

INDUSTRY NEWS 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act The New Holy Grail of Traditional Publishers: Direct-to-Reader Relationships You can no longer advertise ebooks using Google Shopping Ads How Trans And…

INDUSTRY NEWS The CreateSpace to KDP Publishing Transition Bowker Investigating Breach of ISBN Site The National Book Award’s 5 Under 35 honorees give out some free advice about how to…

INDUSTRY NEWS What’s Going On With CreateSpace and KDP Print? How To Switch From Createspace to KDP Print Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Discovery Show took place while Hurricane Florence thrashed…

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INDUSTRY NEWS Kid Lit Campaign Rallies Against Immigration Horrors The Business of Relationships: How Authors, Agents, Editors, Booksellers, and Publicists Work Together to Reach Readers Audiobook Revenue Jumped 22.7% in…