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How Bookmarked Uses ISBNdb and Helps Schools, Publishers, and Readers Navigate Book Policy with Clarity

Customer Success Stories By May 12, 2025 Tags: ,

How Bookmarked Uses ISBNdb and Helps Schools, Publishers, and Readers Navigate Book Policy with Clarity

In a rapidly changing regulatory environment, schools, publishers, and educational communities are under increasing pressure to manage book access in ways that align with evolving compliance requirements while preserving diversity, transparency, and trust.

Bookmarked, the company behind OnShelf, is tackling this challenge with a scalable, AI-powered platform designed for today’s complex educational landscape. Their solution empowers institutions to make informed decisions and helps navigate new barriers without compromising access.

Major Book Industry News for March & April 2025

Book Publishing Industry By May 12, 2025 Tags: , , ,

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The world of publishing and bookselling continues on its unique and tumultuous path throughout March and April this year. While international expansion from some quarters heralds great things, and diverse voices get their just rewards for excellence, book bans and US tariffs cause confusion and distress in the industries.

No matter what types of challenges the world of reading, writing, and publishing face, however, there are many people willing to stand up for access to the fiction, non-fiction, poems, and more that allow people to share and understand each other and the world around them.

To catch up on earlier book publishing news, be sure to read our January and February recaps as well.

Major Book Industry News for January & February 2025

Book Publishing Industry By March 10, 2025 Tags: , , ,

Major Book Industry News for January & February 2025

The world of bookselling and publishing struggles at the start of the year to make sense and prepare for some major upheavals in everything from diversity in education to economic tariffs. Access to a wide range of books allows for an educated, informed, and forward-thinking population. While some powerful groups like the American Bookseller Association stand firm in their commitment to raising all voices and ensuring access, other corporations and individuals actively fight against the same things.

Amid all the upheaval, authors and booksellers go about their business of writing and providing quality books to the reading public.

For a deeper dive into the latest industry shifts, check out Book Industry News for October & November 2024.

18 Best Book Tracking Apps and Websites

Book Apps By February 26, 2025 Tags: ,

most popular book tracking apps and websites

In this post, we’ve decided to review the list of the most popular book tracking apps and websites. We all know Goodreads and will start with it since it’s probably the oldest and most popular one. However, nowadays, there are plenty of other apps worth considering. And today, we’ll take a look at ten such apps and try to decide what to choose based on your goals.

Top 18 Best Book Summary Websites & Apps (2025)

Book Apps By February 25, 2025 Tags: , , ,

Best Book Summary Websites & Apps

In our current world, everything moves fast—trends, concepts, and even knowledge.

Naturally, our busy lives make it hard to keep up with everything you want to do. And if the list of books you’ve been eyeing is big enough, you may find that lagging behind your reading goals is as easy as breathing.

At least until now.

How Does the Dewey Decimal System Work?

Book Data By February 24, 2025 Tags: , ,

Dewey Decimal System

If you were a librarian, how would you organize the seemingly endless number of books under your care? One of the easiest ways to do so may be to arrange them alphabetically, but is that really helpful?

Using that system, a book titled Basic Human Biology may be next to Bob’s Big Adventure. The two books have nothing in common, and someone looking for books on human biology would have to know either the name of each book he’s looking for or blindly search each shelf to find other books on the same topic.

With that being said, a better system would be to organize books based on the topic, which is exactly what Melvil Dewey thought.

Top 10 Fantasy and Science Fiction Publishers (2025)

Book Data By February 4, 2025 Tags: , ,

top fantasy and science fiction publishers

Fantasy and science fiction are two of the most popular fiction genres, which means plenty of publishers are looking to publish the next fantasy or sci-fi book.

Because fantasy and sci-fi include many different sub-genres—high fantasy, steampunk, historical fantasy, military sci-fi, etc.—it’s best to first have a clear understanding of where your book fits so that you can better choose a publisher in your niche.

With that said, here is a list of the top fantasy and science fiction publishers and what type of submissions they’re looking for.

BPM Shipping Service, Widely Used in the Book Industry, Will Be Discontinued

Book Publishing Industry By January 22, 2025 Tags: , ,

BPM Shipping Service, Widely Used in the Book Industry

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has filed a proposal to eliminate Bound Printed Matter (BPM) Flats and Parcels from their service offerings.

BPM is a special postal category that has historically offered the lowest available rates for catalogs, books, and other bound printed materials weighing up to 15 pounds.

The change, outlined in a December 20, 2024 filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission, would take effect no earlier than July 2025.