Velocity of Content

Velocity of Content


Latest Episodes

Podcasting Comes to Hollywood
June 12, 2022

Alexia Bedat advises podcast creators to learn the lessons of Hollywood contracts and to seek deals that build on the unique strengths of the new medium.

More Big Numbers for Audiobooks
June 10, 2022

74,000 audiobooks were published in 2021 a 6% increase in output over 2020, according to the Audio Publishers Associations Sales Survey.

A World of Books
June 05, 2022

Take a world tour of book publishing with journalists and analysts who cover Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America.

Banning Boosts Book Sales
June 03, 2022

According to NPD BookScan, an unusual market segment appears to be boosting publishers sales: banned books.

Best of VOC: Small Batch Publishing
May 29, 2022

The key to success, says Publeratis Caleb Mason, is a focus on scale the same approach as at your favorite microbrewery.

Publishing & Antitrust
May 22, 2022

As one by one, publishers disappear, is it possible (or even inevitable) that competition in trade book publishing is on its way to becoming extinct?

US Book Show Focus on Libraries
May 20, 2022

After a successful launch last year, the online-only U.S. Book Show returns May 24-26.

Preprints, Retractions & The Scientific Record
May 15, 2022

A peer-reviewed article published this month in PLOS ONE has examined what happens in the scientific record when journal-published versions of articles are retracted in cases of research previously av

Defending the Freedom to Read
May 13, 2022

Publishers, authors, and bookseller groups have joined the Unite Against Book Bans campaign

Book Supply Chain Check-Up
May 08, 2022

Dwindling paper supplies, skilled labor shortages, limited printing capacity, and heightened awareness of environmental impact have all contributed to the supply chain nightmare for publishers.