Gernert Company Teams with Bookcase Literary for Women's Fiction - Publishers Weekly

Romance and Romantasy are big markets.

Here's an interesting post for women's fiction authors.

 

 According to Publishers Weekly's Jim Milliot's post, Gernert Company and Bookcase Literary Agency are working together. They will help writers of women's romance and romantasy expand their market exposure.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty thinks it might be a good opportunity for writers to get in now at the beginning.

 

Note: This is a short-medium length post. Bring a cup of cocoa and a muffin for today's reading snack.

 

To read the post tootle over to Gernert Company and Bookcase hel

Zero VAT Leads to a Book Market Rebound in the Czech Republic - Publishing Perspectives

See you in the morning.

At the Publishing Perspective site Panzer found a post about the Czech Republic's book market;

  

According to the post by Jaroslaw Adamowski, Czech Republic's book market is making a turn around impart with the zero VAT on books.

 

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Why is a sales turnaround with zero VAT a surprise?"

 

 Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on here.

 

To read the post tootle over to VAT 

B&N Touts Library Services - Publishers Weekly

Did you know they were already a library supplier?

Panzer found this post about the library market at Publishers Weekly site.

 

Jim Milliot reports Barnes and Noble is the latest book supplier to go after the library market now that Baker and Taylor are gone.

 

Panzer says, "Everybody wants to get into the library market."

 

Note: This is a short post. All you'll need is a half cup of tea. If you plan to follow the links at the end of the post, you'll need to decide what to bring to snack on..

 

To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble 

Spain's Publishing Sectors Recovers to Pre-2008 Levels - Publishing Perspectives

There's a big increase in 2024 sales over 2023.

Today, Panzer's trip into the Catosphere took our intrepid traveler to the Publishing Perspectives site. There he discovered good news about Spain's book publishing.

 

According to Porter Anderson's post, Spain's publishing market has increased steadily in the last decade. 2024 was a stellar year for book sales and readership. The post includes links to other information and graphs to illustrate points mentioned in the post.

Panzer says, "Digital and audio books are a big part of it too."

 

Note: This is a long post. You'll need to decide what you want to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to Spain's Publishing Sector

Germany's Bookwire in Distribution Deal with Spain's Editorial Planeta - Publishing Perspectives

Today as Panzer washing the wind screen on the Panzermobile he found a post stuck under the wiper blade. Pulling it out, our fastidious kitty discovered it was a post from the Publishing Perspectives site about Bookwire.

 

Now for a little nap.

According to Porter Anderson's post, Bookwire has entered into an agreement with Editorial Planeta. According to terms of the agreement Bookwire will distribute 30,000 ebooks and 1,200 audio books to the Spanish-language market. There are links to information about Bookwire, Editorial Planeta and Bookwire's OS platform included in the post.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Interesting. The post lists Amazon and Kobo as two of the places they'll distribute to."

 

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a glass of iced tea and two chocolate chip cookies for today's reading selection.

 

To read the post tootle over to Germany's Bookwire

Download: Publishing Perspectives 2020 Spring Magazine - Publishing Perspectives

I'm ready for a nap now.

Panzer was cleaning the dashboard in the Panzermobile when he happened to find a short post about the Publishing Perspectives Magazine in the glove compartment.

According to the announcement, you can download a free copy of the Spring 2020 issue of the magazine. In the post is a section about what's in the magazine. There's information included about China's comic book market, AI, Russia's book market and more global publishing news.

Panzer says, "This is a 24 page PDF."

Note: This is a short-short post. You won't even need a cup of tea for this download.

To read the post tootle over to Publishing Perspectives Magazine

China's Book Market in the First Half of 2019: Up 10.82 Percent - Publishing Perspectives

Now ... Back to my lunch.

Today as Panzer was eating his lunch he heard clapping and cheering coming from the Catosphere. Throwing some kitty treats into a bag, our famished kitty hopped into the Panermobile. Following all the noise took him to the Publishing Perspectives site. There with no digging at all he found a post about China's book market.

In his post Porter Anderson does an in depth analysis of China's book market in the first six months of this year. The analysis is based on information taken from Beijing's OpenBook report. The post includes graphics depicting online and offline (bookstore) sales comparisons, online sales and book category sales breakdowns. According to the report information the book market is up 10.82 percent over last year's first six month's.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... China's bricks and mortar bookstores appear to have the same declining sales problem as bookstores in some other countries." 

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s post. Bring a thermos of tea and half a dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to China book market

Australian Publishing Is Losing the Copyright Fight - PW (Publishers' Weekly)

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the Publishers' Weekly site. There he found a post about changes to Australia's copyright law.

According to the post by Ed Nawotka, the Australian Productivity Commission is set to change Australian copyright law. Under the new proposal parallel imports would be allowed. This means the U.S. and U.K. publishers would be able to enter the Australian book market. The proposal also includes a change to the length of a copyright.

Panzer says, "I didn't know the Australian book market worked like this."

Note: This is a shortish-medium post. Bring a cup of tea and half a muffin for today's reading selection.

To read the post, tootle over to copyright fight

What Amazon's OER Platform Means for Education Publishers - Book Business

They're always looking for new markets.

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he spotted a site he hasn't visited in a while. Our adventuresome kitty pilot stopped in at the Book Business site. With practically no digging at all he found a post about Amazon and their foray into the education market.

According to a post by Neal Goff, it looks like Amazon is planning to move into the K-12 education market. Amazon has been working on a new platform for Open Education Resources (OER). The new platform, Amazon Inspire, will search for OER material offered free to educators and then collate/file it for easy access. Apple and Google have already been making inroads into the K-12 market for at least two years, so Amazon's entry initially will be one of catch-up. The post also explains what Apple and Google's entry into the K-12 market has been like and it includes more information about the OER program and how that works.

Panzer says, "All these companies want to get consumers while they're young. Brand recognition is everything."

Note: This is a l-o-n-g post. You'll need a cup of tea and two muffins for your reading today.

To read the post, tootle over to Amazon

The King Coloring Books - PW (Publishers Weekly)

Panzer made a short trip into the Catosphere today. Our kitty traveler went to the Publishers' Weekly site. With just a little digging he found a post about the adult coloring book market.

As Panzer told you in February, adult coloring books are a huge market. The post in PW by Jim Milliot consists of an interview with Laurence King founder of U.K. publisher Laurence King Publishing. According to Mr. King his publishing company had a 300 percent increase in revenue in 2015 compared to 2014. How did the company manage to do that? Adult coloring books. In 2013 LKP published their first adult coloring book in Europe. Sales were brisk there, but when the books hit the U.S. market they took off. And in 2015 half of LKP's revenue came from the U.S.

Maybe there is a cat market.

Panzer says, "I'm still don't understand it, but I'm working on a coloring book for adult cats."

Note: This is a l-o-n-g post. You'll need a cup of tea and two muffins for your reading.

To read the post about Laurence King Publishing, tootle over to Laurence King Publishing

To read Panzer's post from February about adult coloring books, tootle over to adult coloring books