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Pop stars and Nobel Prize winners attract a lot of attention in the latter months of 2024. The publishing world also celebrates industry and sales figure successes, the end of the Wall Street Journal bestseller list era, and the Texas Book Festival.
To catch up on notable events from late summer, read Major Book Industry News for August & September 2024.
This year’s two late summer months bring book lovers a diverse collection of news stories. Supportive organizations draw more attention to the, unfortunately, growing issue of book bans, while others celebrate diversity and introduce the world to new and mostly unheard voices. Coveted prizes come from internationally acclaimed awards and federal prison inmates, showing once again the omnipresence and importance of books and reading in every facet of modern life.
Explore the latest book and publishing world news for August and September, but don’t forget to check out the book industry news for June and July as well.
Success waxes and wanes quickly in the book industry for individual authors and start-up small publishers. Some things are more eternal, however. July brings a mixture of long-term, slow yet steady triumphs and potentially catastrophic endings for international publishing. In the middle of the school holidays, it also brings exciting news about the state of children’s books and reading habits at different ages and more attacks against reading freedom in the United States.
From kid books and comics to challenges faced by major retailers, the book industry has a unique blend of news for June. Many stories at the halfway point of the year focus on finance and the retail sector. Some independent bookshops sell, while others get a boost from unique marketing campaigns. Online fiction success grows while brick-and-mortar sales suffer.
Explore a wide range of book industry news for June 2024 below. Additionally, don’t forget to check out recent book industry news for April & May.
The final two months of spring 2024 offer a wide variety of book and publishing-related news that affects everyone from casual readers to authors themselves. From the top-tier prizes awarded at the US Book Show to small-town changes that affect libraries and self-publishers, as the year heats up, so does the discussion about the right to read across the United States.
Here are the highlights of book industry news for April and May 2024. Explore updates and announcements from February & March, too.
Just because the world is becoming more digital doesn’t mean that books have become irrelevant. Digitalization has helped make millions of books more readily available to billions of people.
Indeed, the “digital shift” has sparked a surge in the development of book-related APIs, which are now recognized as crucial tools for accessing a wealth of book metadata, from titles and author names to ISBNs and summaries. Still, among the most sought-after functionalities of these APIs is the ability to retrieve book cover images.
A reliable API can be invaluable if you are developing a book recommendation engine, a search tool, or an application to enhance reading experiences.
This blog post’ll explore the top five APIs for sourcing book cover images while discussing their broader role in the tech-savvy world of book lovers and publishing professionals.
The early months of 2024 bring together a unique blend of old and new in the publishing and literary worlds. Emerging markets in Spanish-language publishing expand in ways supported by big print and audio publishers. Critics choose top lists across genres. A new subgenre – romantasy – takes center stage at Chicago’s Otherworld Theater while one of the biggest publishers ever celebrates 100 years of success.
Here’s the major book industry news for February and March 2024. If you missed January news, we suggest checking that out as well.
Data is everywhere, and people have never been more interested in gaining access to it. Yet, despite this abundance of data, sales figures can be hard to put your finger on. Book sales data is a prime example. Without some popular books being sold at thousands of stores, online outlets, and even audiobook sites, it can sometimes seem very difficult to pinpoint just how many copies a particular book has sold.
Fortunately, there are solutions. In this article, we’ll discuss some helpful strategies you can use to find sales data for any book.
In the past, most of the wealth of our collective knowledge was hidden between the pages of a book. Some of these books, like encyclopedias, were relatively easy to get your hands on, but niche topics or rare tales could be challenging to come by.
Living in the internet age, we have more information at our fingertips than ever before. Books that were once inaccessible to the masses are now able to be identified and purchased at the touch of a few buttons.
In the world of books and literature, there’s a key element that might not always catch the spotlight but plays an essential role in connecting stories with their readers: book metadata.
This behind-the-scenes hero is essential for finding, categorizing, and enjoying books, especially when stories move from printed pages to digital displays.
Let’s take a look at what book metadata is all about!