The story the latest trade book sales numbers tell is an assortment of tales. Children’s and YA titles saw a big climb, while adult books moved upward though more slowly.

Publishing has a data problem – a deficit of accurate, relevant data necessary to manage in a world of change.

Should Audible’s plan to scroll snippets of AI-generated text alongside audiobooks be called what it is – reading?

New and powerful digital technologies are good for business in many ways. Going digital can certainly help organizations to market better their products and services. Yet digital is at its most transformative when organizations use it not to sell but to solve customer problems.

The Dept. of Justice lawsuit asks for a restraining order and preliminary injunction compelling Edward Snowden’s publisher Macmillan to “freeze all assets in Macmillan’s possession relating to Permanent Record that belong to Snowden or his agents, assignees, or others acting on his behalf.”

As its stock price tumbles, the online publishing subsidiary of China’s Tencent Holdings is hitting the brakes on an ambitious program to purchase rights for foreign works.

On November 1, Macmillan will restrict libraries to purchasing a single e-book copy during the first eight weeks of a book’s publication.

Online access, competing digital formats, and open access publishing models have all contributed to the sales crash of print editions of academic monographs. But publishers, researchers, universities, and funders, however, aren’t ready yet to give up on a favorite form.

Publishers assert Audible’s Captions service creates a market that must be licensed into. They claim their agreements do not allow for text display, so any new program that goes beyond the scope of those agreements—even if that’s just a few words at a times—must be a negotiated right.

Editors look for things like a high level of engagement – not just a lot of followers, but how many people are interacting and retweeting with an author.