Gift Books Can be a Big, and Tough Business (PW)
A number of publishers in the religion category offer gift books with spiritual or religious themes, some just a few per year or a lone title here and there. Others are in the gift book business in a big way, with whole divisions or imprints devoted to them.
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eBooks Take Hold in Schools—Slowly (The Digital Shift)
Sixty-six percent of schools nationwide offer ebooks, up from 54 percent in 2013, and overall, the figure is steadily growing, according to School Library Journal’s fifth annual “Ebook Usage in U.S. School (K–12) Libraries” report.
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Barnes & Noble Experiments With Print/eBook Bundles (The Digital Reader)
Hot on the heels of B&N’s expansion into author services comes the news that Barnes & Noble is trying a bundle program of their own.
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The Many Different Ways Publishers Define ‘Clickbait’ (Digiday)
Clickbait for publishers is a bit like some people’s definitions of pornography: It’s hard to define, but people know it when they see it.
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Kindle Daily Deal: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (and others)