Book industry

Ever since I joined PW in April 1993, my objective has been to write and publish articles that would help everyone in the publishing industry succeed. Leveling the playing field by providing information to help smaller companies and startups compete with entrenched players has been a guiding principle.  Read more

A deep drop in orders and sales from Amazon at many companies since mid-July has prompted rumors and speculation among industry players about the cause and whether it portends more buying changes at the online sales giant. A few companies contacted by PW reported orders down as much as 80% over the last four weeks for no apparent reason and with little explanation from Amazon.  Read more

Last October, while Amazon opened its first four-star stores in the UK, more than 500 book and publishing industry professionals gathered for a two-day conference called "Reimagining Bookstores".  Read more

Marketing is critically important to a book's success, yet time spent on marketing means less time for writing. Here, I share 10 set-and-forget tips to put an e-book's most important marketing on autopilot. These tricks work 24 hours a day to make an author's books more discoverable to readers.

Michael Bhaskar warns that the strong performance of the book market over the past few years should not disguise the challenges ahead.