Journalist, Speaker, Consultant in Publishing
A six-year trend of double-digit growth in audiobook sales continues in the US, according to the new report for 2017 from the Audio Publishers Association. Audiobook sales last year totaled more than $2.5 billion. Read More
Able to trace its founding dates to the 19th century, Ullstein Buchverlage describes itself as Germany’s most successful hardcover publisher. And while many houses are commercializing, Ullstein wants to be more literary. Read More
‘Challenging all assumptions of the past’ may be only the beginning of life after the digital disruption, Tom Goodwin says. And when he speaks at London Book Fair’s Quantum Conference, he’ll be talking about the ‘share-of-attention’ dilemma. Read More
Released by AmazonCrossing, Kazuki Kaneshiro’s 18-year-old novel ‘Go’ has found a new voice in Takami Nieda’s translation. It’s a timely indictment of today’s nationalism. Read More
How profits from publishing are sliced up has become an industry debate in London, where agents are joining the Society of Authors in asking for more transparency. Read More
At London Book Fair 2018, the Amazon Publishing foreign rights team packs dependable titles, making deals in up to 40 territories—and the retail muscle to make all boats float. Read More
CBC’s ‘Canada Reads’ names its winning novel, just as the United States’ PBS network says it will stage an ambitious eight-part ‘best-loved’ book show of its own. Read More
Amid strong programming on the freedom to publish and copyright concerns, the 32nd IPA congress in India mirrored world industry shortcomings in diversity challenges—and will go to Norway in 2020. Read More
Teos publisher Nina Paavolainen is optimistic about Finland’s literature finding more overseas traction in 2018, some from her Helsinki Literary Agency. Read More
Only 14 of 205 respondents to the Authors Guild’s unprecedented survey said that all their income is from their work as translators. Read More