Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Bowker reports the following book market trends from the second quarter of this year:
By Janet Grant on Nov 2, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Publishers, Publishing News, Reading, Writing Life | 10 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Sonoma, Calif., planning retreat
Years ago I recall reading a publishing doyenne’s comments about publishing trends. At the time, readers were buying inexpensive mass market books by the wheel barrel. Well, it seemed as if they were…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Aug 4, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Publishing News | 3 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Sonoma, Calif, planning retreat
For those who read my blog post yesterday and scoffed at the thought of the disappearance of physical books, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Physical books will, I believe, continue to exist. Just…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Aug 3, 2010 in Blog, Publishing News | 6 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I don’t know about you, but I devote 1/4 to 1/3 of every week trying to keep up with publishing trends. Note the word “trying.” Despite the commitment of…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Aug 2, 2010 in Blog, Publishing News | 13 Comments
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Hot and chance of showers
One of the big assumptions we make in this new age of digital publishing is that we will have the power to make the technology work. I haven’t…
Read More...By Etta Wilson on Jul 30, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Publishing News | 15 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Whenever I’m on the faculty of the Mount Hermon Writers Conference, I’m always on the lookout for a chance to chat with editors about how their publishing houses are…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Apr 6, 2010 in Blog, Book Proposals, Marketing & Publicity, Publishing News | 18 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Researching at a bookstore is fun and you can learn a lot, but you can find out about trends in other places as well.
Spend some time looking at books online…
Read More...By Rachel Kent on Mar 17, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Productivity, Publishers, Publishing News | 1 Comment
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
To recap, I have four wishes for the publishing industry in 2010. They include:
By Janet Grant on Jan 7, 2010 in Blog, Publishers, Publishing News, Writing Life | 12 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
If the publishing industry is shrinking, what is it doing to stay relevant–and alive? In talking to editors and publishers at the two major book trade shows, I noted…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Dec 23, 2009 in Publishing News | 17 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Enroute to Santa Rosa from BEA
Weather: Um, cloudy, looking at the view below the plane
A couple of you asked for trend info based on what Etta, Wendy, and I observed at BEA. I think the best…
Read More...By Janet Grant on Dec 1, 2009 in Marketing & Publicity, Publishers, Publishing News | 21 Comments
