What is TikTok Shop & how will it affect book sales?
By now I’m sure we’ve all heard of BookTok and its rampant success in drawing vast audiences into buying books, as well as reigniting the younger generations' dwindling passion in reading. Such suc...
Are cookbooks resisting the digital age?
Cookbooks are an age-old significant part of the book industry with the first cookbook being published in 1750 BC. Three clay tablets created in Mesopotamia are believed to highlight 25 different s...
AI: How might it affect publishing?
2023 has seen some monumental changes when it comes to Artificial Intelligence, most notably with the rise of ChatGPT—an artificial intelligence chat bot developed by OpenAI that specialises in gen...
Nigel Fletcher-Jones in the Publisher’s Chair
Nigel Fletcher-Jones is a freelance writer, an editor-at-large for Eisenbrauns (an archaeological imprint of Pennsylvania State University Press), and a former Director of the American University i...
Richard Charkin in the Publisher's Chair
Richard Charkin is a former president of the International Publishers Association and the Publishers Association. For 11 years, he was executive director of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. He has held s...
Leah Hernandez in the Publisher’s Chair
Leah Hernandez is the Founder and CEO of Young Authors Publishing, a children's and young adult book publisher that exists to share the stories of Black & Brown young people. She graduated from...
Children’s book clubs and charity collaborations in the US and UK
Book clubs are an excellent way for improving child development, as well as a great way to access new diverse audiences and to achieve improved title visibility. In recent years we have seen a huge...
Oliver Gadsby in the Publisher's Chair
Oliver Gadsby is an experienced leader and adviser of international publishing and information businesses. Oliver is President of the Independent Publishers Guild, Chair of Zero Carbon Academy and ...
Kirsty Melville in the Publisher's Chair
Kirsty Melville in the Publishers’ Chair Kirsty Melville is president and publisher of Andrews McMeel Publishing, known for New York Times bestselling poetry and inspiration, cutting-edge comics an...
Cynthia Hamilton in the Publisher's Chair
Watch the video recording here! Cynthia’s extensive experience within the book trade includes bookselling, publishing sales and, most recently, marketing & PR. She has held senior positions in...
The value of testing has never been greater
At Supadu, we know how crucial enriched metadata, keywords and accurate BISAC codes are for enhancing title visibility and driving website sales. Through one of Iobyte Solutions' dashboards, Market...
PubWest as a model of a successful regional trade group
By Michele Cobb, Executive Director, PubWest The Case for Regional Trade Groups There are thousands of publishers in the U.S., many of them small- to mid-sized shops, with anywhere from 1-100 emplo...
Broaden your publishing knowledge by reading some of these industry-specific books, hand-picked by a publishing expert. From the history of books, to the future of digital publishing, you will have...
BookTok - is this craze here to stay?
From the virtual depths of TikTok, a new community of booklovers has emerged through the hashtag BookTok. BookTok is a growing circle of bibliophiles who post videos recommending and reviewing book...
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Angela Bole in the Publisher’s Chair
Angela Bole is Chief Executive Officer of Firebrand Group. Prior to this, she was Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), a position she held for 9 years. Wit...
Linda Bennett in the Publisher's Chair
Linda Bennett founded Gold Leaf twenty-one years ago, to provide market research and business development support for the publishing industry. Clients include publishers, booksellers, technological...
From dazzling new debuts to long-awaited returns from bestselling authors, there are a number of brilliant books coming out in 2022. We’ve picked out some of our most-anticipated fiction and non-fi...