After analyzing 5,750,000 books on Goodreads, Otis Chandler shares his insights on the evolving nature of book discovery. The short version: once isn't enough. Read more » |
Tips on how authors can use existing online tools and media outreach to sell more books, from publicity experts Barbara Henricks and Rusty Shelton. Read more » |
Author Beth Kephart discusses the impact bloggers have had on her career, propelling her most recent novel into a third printing and foreign rights sales. Read more » |
Best of — Europe: |
With 11 million readers of their ad-supported free textbooks in 2011 and 50 million expected for 2012, Bookboon is big and prepping to go after the US market. Read more » |
The Salomonsson Agency is credited helping turn Scandinavian crime fiction into a global phenomenon. But is it over? They say "nej!" Read more » |
Our wide angle survey of the e-book scene in Germany finds the e-book market at 6.2% of sales, but growth in demand, devices and titles promises more to come. Read more » |