Sunday, November 26, 2023

Breaking Book Publishing News!

 

 

What is going on in the world of book publishing?

The news that gets reported tends to break down to these 22 key areas:

* Breakout books
* Bestsellers
* Major lawsuits
* Free speech, censorship, book bans
* Books turned into movies
* Major book fairs and conventions
* Book store news
* Library news
* Mergers, hires, fires, retirements
* Major controversies
* Latest inventions, upstarts, government programs, non-profit initiatives as they relate to books
* Trends
* Anniversaries
* List/preview upcoming events or report on recent ones
* Book reviews
* Polls, surveys, and studies
* Book sales data
* Book awards
* Featured publishers
* Literary agent happenings and book rights news
* Highlighted authors
* Obituaries

The answers are easy to find by reading more than one of the following media outlets. Do not rely on just one or two. Read many and rotate the ones that you read. This allows for a broader, more inclusive perspective of what is happening in the world of books.

Check these sources for the latest book news:

·         publishingperspectives.com

·         theguardian.com/books/publishing

·         thebookseller.com

·         publishingtrends.com

·         bookweb.org

·         publishersmarketplace.com

·         independent.co.uk/topic/publishing

·         bookbrowse.com

·         literaryhub.com

·         bookriot.com

·         npr.org/books

·         bbc.com/culture/tags/books

·         apnews.com/hub/book-publishing

·         newyorker.com/tag/book-publishing

·         booksandpublishing.com.au

·         Library Journal

·         Publishers Weekly

·         Kirkus Reviews

·         Wall Street Journal Books section

·         USA Today Books section

·         New York Times Book Review section

 

There are also blogs, podcasts, and other forms of media that cover the book industry. Explore these too. Stay informed, get involved. You are a part of the book publishing industry and your voice counts, too.

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Brian Feinblum should be followed on LinkedIn. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog ©2023. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog. His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent.  This award-winning blog has generated over 3.4 million pageviews. With 4,600+ posts over the past dozen years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs by BookBaby  http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.” For the past three decades, including 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and two jobs at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler. He recently hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America, and has spoken at ASJA, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. He has been featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald. For more information, please consult: www.linkedin.com/in/brianfeinblum.  

 

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