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Twitter, Tweets, Books, and Readers

Here are a few funny tweets about books and readers. I love Twitter. Except for its occasional censorship. I’m a firm believer in absolute free speech; Twitter apparently is not such a firm believer. People who read books are so dumb. Like, the pages are literally numbered and in order. — Victoria Satterfield #books #readers […]

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What’s Hot? What Comes After Adult Coloring Books?

Adult coloring books have been the hottest thing in publishing for the past year. Even Walmart has a full free-standing display of them. Also, Michaels Craft Stores carry over 150 adult coloring book titles. Five of Amazon’s top 50 bestsellers today are adult coloring books (very adult): Release Your Anger: Midnight Edition: An Adult Coloring […]

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Mark Coker: eBook Publishing Predictions for 2013

Mark Coker of Smashwords recently made the following predictions about ebooks and publishing for the upcoming year (2013). 1. Ebooks as a percentage of overall trade book sales in the US should hit 45%, up from what I’m estimating will probably be 30% in 2012. We’ll still continue to see ebooks take eyeballs from print […]