HIGHLIGHTS | BOOK WORLD UPDATE | AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2020
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TOP NEWS: Top Publishing News for the Month of August
US Publishers, Authors, Booksellers Call Out Amazon’s ‘Concentrated Power’ in the Market | Learn more
Audiobooks: Sweden’s Storytel Sees Q2 Sales Jump 43 Percent over 2019 | Learn more
Spotify wants to ‘imagine new possibilities’ for audiobooks | Learn more
New Barnes and Noble CEO is committed to the Nook e-reader | Learn more
Amazon Has Weeded the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library | Learn more
Evidence of the Inkjet Advantage Emerges in Book Publishing | Learn more
Authors threaten to boycott Bloomsbury India | Learn more
TOP TRENDS: Publishing Trends to Look Out For
US ebook sales were up 39.0% in June 2020 | Learn more
June Bookstore Sales declined by 35.3% in the US | Learn more
Trade-Published Romance Sees a Coronavirus Boost in the States | Learn more
Changes In Ebook Publishing Over The Last Decade And Possible Changes Ahead | Learn more
Nonfiction continues strong in the American market | Learn more
Collaboration might be the future of book publishing | Learn more
TOP OPPORTUNITIES: Current Contests, Promotions & Freebies
Boook.link Lets You Create “Universal” Book Links| Learn more
Profit from new Amazon ad marketplaces| Learn more
Use Pubby.co to get more reviews for your books| Learn more
Calling Publishers on Twitter: Experiment with quote tweets| Learn more
Pitch your creative project for Frankfurt Book Fair in October| Learn more
For Publishers: Register as a digital exhibitor for free at Frankfurt Book Fair (Deadline: September 15)| Learn more
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UPCOMING EVENTS: Forthcoming Virtual and Live Events
Digital Book World 2020 (14-16 September 2020) [$99] | Learn more
Princeton Children’s Book Festival presents Book Jam (Sep 12, 2020) [Free] | Learn more
Frankfurt Book Fair (14-18 October 2020) | Learn more
Independent Authors Book Experience (Sep 12, 2020) [Free] | Learn more
Diary of a debut novelist (Online Book Festival) [Sep 2020] [Free] | Learn more
AUTHOR RESOURCES: The Latest Tools, Tutorials & Expert Tips For Authors
Should you buy Vellum? (Book formatting with PC software) | Learn more
Does permafree still work? (how much to charge for your book and why it matters) | Learn more
How to Get Book Awards 2020 | Is Book Award Pro Worth It? | Learn more
Writing A Book Description For Amazon with Bryan Cohen | Learn more
10 Million Books Sold: Writing Like a Reader | Learn more
Increasing your income with Patreon | Learn more
EXTRA: Trending Posts From Book Publishing Professionals [LinkedIn Group]
Looking for a publisher: Documentary + Book From Author Of Taking The Leap (100K subs) | See post
New Author Spotlight: Looking for interesting authors & books to get featured on YouTube channel| See post
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Question: Who has experience with children’s book translations?| See post
Looking for: professional vendor’s or freelancer for Typesetting, ePub (Read Aloud ePub, HTML-5 and Interactivity ePub)| See post
Looking for: Who has experience with children’s book translations?| See post
Get featured: Apply for being considered in a feature on a radio show (Florida, 500k listeners)| See post
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