We are working on a broad piece looking at sales trends in 2020 and shifts among various sales channel but before we get to that, we are long overdue for an analysis of Deal trends from the year. (As always, our analysis is based on deal reports at PublishersMarketplace.com. Like all book industry datasets it is not complete; such a thing does not exist. But it’s the only comprehensive dataset on book deals, and is consistent over time.) Overall Stats Broadly speaking, the data aligns with US book sales reports, in that deal volume was up measurably, in all major […]
