Velocity of Content

Velocity of Content


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AAP Sales Numbers Mixed For 2016
June 30, 2017

“The publishers in AAP’s StatShot program reported that revenues declined about 6.6% over 2015. Overall, revenue for 2016 was $14.25 billion, down from $15.26 billion in 2015,” says Andrew Albanese.

Getting Rights Right
June 25, 2017

As basic a question as “Who owns the rights to a work?” doesn’t always yield a ready answer.

Netflix Model for E-Book Library Lending
June 23, 2017

“For library patrons, the HarperCollins deal means 24/7 access to titles in the selected collection—no more waiting on a hold list for these titles,” says Andrew Albanese.

Celebrating Iconic Audiobooks
June 18, 2017

As it celebrates 25 years of publishing authoritative audiobook reviews, Audiofile magazine is also celebrating the audiobook too.

Librarians on the Move
June 16, 2017

“As the pace of digital change quickened, librarians have found themselves at once evangelizing for digital technology and wrestling with its implications.”

Checklist for a Professionally Published Book
June 11, 2017

The Independent Book Publishers Association sees a bias against indie voices in book award contests, media reviews and inclusion on bookstore shelves. To ensure that books are judged on merit and quality rather than on the size of the publisher or the ...

Report Finds Publishing Rights “Untapped”
June 09, 2017

In time for last week’s BookExpo in New York City, BISG unwrapped Untapped Opportunity, documenting that more than half of those surveyed were “currently missing out on meaningful rights revenue” as well as frustrations that paper-based workflows and r...

Global E-Book Report Arrives for 2017
June 04, 2017

E-books are so much more than yet another format and edition of printed books.

BookExpo With (and Without) America
June 02, 2017

A re-imagined BookExpo has opened in New York City's Javits Convention Center, welcoming book industry professionals -- and later this weekend, the book-reading public.

Best of BTB: The Varied Voices of Science
May 28, 2017

“Who has a voice in science?” and “What does it matter who is speaking?” Last week for Beyond the Book, Prof. Cassidy Sugimoto made a case for acknowledging a persistent gender gap in the global research community despite considerable progress.