Velocity of Content
Latest Episodes
Podcasting Comes to Hollywood
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
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
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
According to NPD BookScan, an unusual market segment appears to be boosting publishers sales: banned books.
Best of VOC: Small Batch Publishing
The key to success, says Publeratis Caleb Mason, is a focus on scale the same approach as at your favorite microbrewery.
Publishing & Antitrust
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
After a successful launch last year, the online-only U.S. Book Show returns May 24-26.
Preprints, Retractions & The Scientific Record
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
Publishers, authors, and bookseller groups have joined the Unite Against Book Bans campaign
Book Supply Chain Check-Up
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.