Briefly Noted | Book sales: going down, going up | Jacket Copy | Los Angeles Times
Print book sales were down, the Assn. of American Publishers reports, in all the major trade categories. Year-to-date hardcover sales in 2010 are down 6.1%; mass market paperbacks have fallen off even more, by 14%. And while adult paperbacks are…
Daily Links 21/07/2010
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Guest Column: Finding Opportunity In Change
FROM: Vanessa O’Loughlin, Inkwell Writers Courses. Things are changing in publishing and Irish publishing in particular is finding itself in a state of flux. Reduced Arts Council grants are adding to a global recession and hitting book buyers pockets. These…