Finding out the actual sales for a book—whether it’s your own title, or a comp title you are curious about—can be quite difficult. The gold-standard data service publishers, retailers and agents use to track actual retail sales of trade print books in the US is Bookscan. (It includes Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Costco, Target, Walmart, and many other general and specialty retailers selling books, plus over 800 independent bookstores, covering approximately 85 percent of trade print sales in the US.) As of this week, Bookscan’s parent company has changed its name, so you will see it referred to as […]
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Reference: Free Online Book Access for Students and Kids
With schools closing around the world and districts racing to develop remote learning programs, educational publishers, booksellers, and nonprofits are helping families and educators with free offerings. Below we compile updates on collections of digital books for students, both K-12 and higher ed. General reading Scribd The subscription reading and audio site always had a 30-day “free trial” with a credit card on file, but now through this page you can use the site for free without giving them a provisional card. For Kids Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone The first book in JK Rowling’s series is available for […]
Simon & Schuster Also Formalizes Work from Home Instructions; New York and Seattle Libraries to Close
ViacomCBS and its Simon & Schuster division moved from testing remote work on Friday to a formal, “company-wide, mandatory work-from-home policy until further notice.” S&S ceo Carolyn Reidy asked staff in a memo, “Please continue to treat today and Monday as days to test your capabilities and note issues and obstacles you encounter in fulfilling your day to day responsibilities. We encourage you to communicate these issues to your manager over the next few days.” Given the suddenness of the policy, Reidy notes that “our buildings remain open and you may go there to retrieve any important items you may […]
Author Luis Sepulveda Contracted COVID-19 At Portugese Literary Festival
Chilean writer Luis Sepulveda, who lives in northern Spain, has contracted COVID-19, according to local health authorities. He began to show symptoms on February 25 after returning home from the Correntes d’Escritas festival, held from February 15 through February 23, in Northern Portugal. The regional government said he is “stable” and indicated his wife is “also displaying the symptoms and is being tested.” Portuguese authorities are reportedly trying to make contact with the people who attended the festival. Sepulveda’s publisher Porto indicated on Twitter their staff “are all well, but, according to the recommendations of the [health authorities], they will […]
Italy’s GeMS Also Cancels London Book Fair Plans, Calls Right Centers “The Nightmare of Epidemiologists”
Italy’s large trade publisher Gruppo Mauri Spagnol announced that it “will give up coming to the London Book Fair” this year, even though all of their employees remain healthy. “A sacrifice that we have been asked by the government to contain the phenomenon, the fruits of which should be seen within a few weeks. Fairs are one of the occasions to be avoided par excellence. All the more, work at the rights center. Hundreds of people from all over the world who each have 40 appointments in three days vis a vis are by definition the nightmare of epidemiologists.” They […]
John Bolton’s Manuscript Is Leaked, to Underscore Any Testimony Would Support Impeachment Case
Portions of the book manuscript from $2 million patriot John Bolton have been leaked. “Associates” of his indicate to the NYT that “he believes he has relevant information, and he has also expressed concern that if his account of the Ukraine affair emerges only after the trial, he will be accused of holding back to increase his book sales. So problem solved. Despite the the expression of his “associates,” Bolton’s actual spokesperson told Politico, “The Ambassador sent the draft manuscript to the White House for pre-publication review by the NSC several weeks ago. The Ambassador has not circulated the draft […]