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What should your political memoir be called?
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 10, 2014
Time magazine made a memoir title generator to help.
Mona Simpson on the economics behind 'Casebook'
Jun 6, 2014
We're asking authors about the numbers that inspire them.
Gasper Tringale
Khaled Hosseini on the economics behind 'And the Mountains Echoed'
Jun 3, 2014
We're asking authors about the numbers that inspire them.
Elena Seibert
Amazon and the publisher
May 23, 2014
The battle between Amazon and publishers gets dirty, and there are casualties
Why books always seem to have a discounted price
by
Audrey Quinn
May 8, 2014
A look at why and how retailers use cheap book prices as a selling point.
Twitter invites writers to think beyond 140 characters
Mar 12, 2014
Twitter’s Fiction Festival is less about fiction and more about publishing.
Meet Sylvia Day: The steamy baroness of book deals
by
Kai Ryssdal
Feb 18, 2014
Romance novelist Sylvia Day is making millions, and she's doing it her way.
For public good, not for profit.
Goldfish have longer attention spans than Americans, and the publishing industry knows it
by
Kai Ryssdal
Feb 11, 2014
Book publishers are taking a page from Netflix's binge-watching-centric business model
Barnes and Noble hopes to turn the page on falling sales
Jan 8, 2014
Between competition from Amazon, and the less-than-tremendous success of its Nook, Barnes and Noble is in a tough spot.
Man, this book is depressing
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 8, 2014
Researchers in the UK come up with a literary misery index that corresponds with economic downturns.