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.
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.
2023 was a landmark year in the book industry, not only in terms of sales but also due to controversy. Political agendas invaded the lives of authors and readers, while AI threatened to shake up reading as we know it. Though neither of these issues show signs of slowing down, 2024 will likely come with its own share of shocking news.
Here’s the major book industry news you missed in January of 2024. Additionally, if you missed the news from November & December 2023, we recommend catching up on those as well.
2023 has proven to be a major year in the book and publishing industry. From soaring fiscal quarters to dismal releases, publishers have been finding new and innovative ways to market the written (and spoken) word to the masses. However, changes in social viewpoints and technological advances have presented challenges for book sellers and book lovers alike.
Here’s the major book industry news you missed in November and December of 2023. If you missed the news from October 2023, be sure to check them out as well.
While the months continue to burn on faster and faster, this year proves to be an eventful one for the book and publishing industry. As authors continue to fight against the looming threat of artificial intelligence, librarians resist the ever-encroaching chains of censorship, and publishers reach record-breaking profits, we’re here through it all.
Here’s what you need to know about the major book industry news in October 2023. Also, be sure to check out our summary of news from September 2023.
Living in the Information Age, we are accustomed to having answers to every question we could possibly have right at our fingertips. However, there are still questions that don’t have definitive answers and these are the ones that tend to drive us a bit crazy. For avid readers like us, one of these haunting questions is a simple one: how many books are in the world?
It’s a deceptively simple question. Sure, you could browse our ISBN database, which boasts a list of over 34 million unique ISBNs, which are used to classify books—but that would not be the correct answer.