USA – sluggish sales, “Holidays” hopes, and cold realities
Milliott’s latest report on the struggling US print market for PW is one of so many it would need a book just to list them, and of course the story is being retold across many other mature markets,...
View ArticleNo sign of Gordon Gekko as KKR-owned Simon & Schuster announces new Board
“I don’t throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Every battle is won before it is ever fought” – Gordon Gekko, Wall Street. Oliver Stone’s film Wall Street has a...
View ArticleMexico – FIL Guadalajara pulls in 857,000 visitors, buoyed by interest in the...
The number of US librarians was up on previous events, to meet growing supply from publishers looking to get their Spanish-language content in front of American readers. It comes as a surprise to many...
View ArticleUSA – 2024 could be a very active year for acquisitions
“Interviews with publishers and dealmakers suggest that 2024 could be a very active year for acquisitions.” writes Jim Milliott over at Publishers Weekly. “While no deals the size of S&S and...
View ArticlePW’s Jim Milliott gets Lifetime Achievement Award
For those of us outside the US, Publishers Weekly has been our indispensable window on American publishing, and Milliott’s name has become a by-word for reliable reporting. Publishers Weekly‘s Jim...
View ArticlePhonics – A ticking time-bomb for English-language publishers
In 2019 one in four children were leaving primary school unable to read properly. In England, the home of the English-language. In a recent op-ed looking at publishing in Ghana, I touched on the...
View ArticleUSA – OverDrive downloads up 55% on 2021, but no real numbers and some...
In 2021, OverDrive reported (January 2022) 506 million downloads globally. A 55% increase on that would put the 2023 numbers at over 780 million, which is so far off the scale as to be improbable....
View ArticleKKR’s Simon & Schuster pays a non-reader to go on a cruise to promote a book....
The blind leading the blind. Or in this case, Atria leading KKR money on a wild goose chase. Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, recently acquired by private equity firm KKR, has paid for...
View ArticleWattpad Webtoon signs deals with PRH US, Spain’s Zeta Studios and Australia’s...
Wattpad Webtoon will support three Queensland-based screenwriters or teams to develop film and series projects arising from Wattpad Webtoon content. The deal between Wattpad Webtoon Book Group...
View ArticleDavid Shelley and Hachette face new upheaval as Vivendi prepares to play the...
Whatever name the new group is given, Hachette publishing will be run to please the stock market’s fickle whims. It was back in November 2023 that Lagardère’s Hachette Livre announced a major...
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