Tag: sales
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Of Supply, Demand, and The Woeful Truth About Publishing and Authors…
Author and publisher, Zetta Brown’s recent blog, “Authors! Can’t find your book in a bookstore? You may be luckier than you think!”, got me to thinking–no pun intended–about the old law of economics, that of supply and demand. With bookstores and sellers tightly adhering to what seems to me, an outdated mode of purchasing books…
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Audiobooks–Converting the Spoken Word into Dollars
Tennessee Woman Spends $50,000 on Audiobooks When I first saw this article by Tom Alderman at the Huffington Post I thought, Wow. On second thought I recalled all the audiobooks I’ve ordered for my middle child, who despite being dyslexic, is an avid reader. I didn’t spend close to the amount that Marion Bryant spent…
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BEA: What the Numbers Say
The juggernaut of Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series could not overcome the overpowering effects of a global recession last year as publishers sold fewer books in 2008 than the year before, according to the Book Industry Study group, a trade association. –Motoko Rich, Falling Sales Cast Gloom at an Expo Rich then presents the numbers, “Publishers…
