While publishers large and small are planning to issue versions of the still-unwritten January 6th report, only Publishers Lunch is bold enough (or crazy enough) to bring to market a nearly complete record of THE TRIAL: The DOJ’s Suit to Block Penguin Random House’s Acquisition of Simon & Schuster. It may not be the “big book” of the fall season, but it’s certainly a strong candidate for the biggest book. (Or ebook, since we’re still figuring out the mechanics of doing something so long through print-on-demand.) This digital doorstop, at nearly 700,000 words, brings together the significant day-by-day antitrust trial […]
Publishers Marketplace Tips
In Case…
Two modest open calls: 1. We’re looking at new experiment that involves AI/machine audio narration. If you have any experience or recommendations here, please let us know! 2. If anyone wants to suggests a neutral Washington, DC watering hole for people to find each other after court hours next week, we’re open to suggestions.
More Data For You, In Context
As you may have noticed, we recently expanded our Dealmakers pages with the addition of a “sales” tab. For the agents and other publishing professionals who get annual Bookscan service through PM, this new feature displays actual Bookscan and PubTrack Digital sales data within tens of thousands of deal records, unlocking a significant body of data and putting it in context. It also makes a wealth of Bookscan data more accessible by embedding it in our interface. Beyond that, all PM members get to benefit from this capability. While only our Bookscan subscribers can see the actual data, the new […]
Picture This
Ever since we started this enterprise our focus has always been on what we can do next and helping to build the future rather than dwelling on past — but we’re so busy tinkering with our site that we often neglect to announce the latest refinements. As you may have noticed, at the end of last year we expanded our Contact records, to allow you indicate your pronouns, link to a personal or company webpage, and/or upload a photo. Additionally editors and agents can provide information about identity; and agents can add links for submission guidelines as well as Query […]
A PM Discount For the End (or Beginning) of the Year
Starting tomorrow, December 29, we have one more chance for people to check out PublishersMarketplace.com for a full month at a substantial discount. Use the code PM4ME from December 29 through January 2 to get the first month’s membership for only $15, and finish (or begin) the year with a wealth of research and information. Feel free to share the code with friends; make sure to put the code in the indicated “Promo Code: ___” field when registering.
Holiday News
We are moving into our traditional holiday mode at PM, which is different than many other publications. Our website operates all the time, and we’ll be processing deals, job openings, bestsellers, reviews, Bookscan sales and other data at our site on a regular basis. We’ll continue to cover the news, posting to Publishers Marketplace as appropriate. (A reminder that our News App makes it easy to follow the latest posts and updates on your mobile device.) Publishers Lunch Deluxe will be back at some point next week, with at least one catch-up newsletter to keep from falling too far behind. […]