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We are delighted to congratulate Joy Harjo, the newly named 23rd poet laureate of the United States, and the first Native American to serve in the position, which she will hold from this September until 2021. A member of the Mvskoke Creek Nation, Harjo has...

We use ISBNs daily, but did you know that just looking at one will tell you where a book was published and by whom? This is a simple look at the International Standard Book Number (ISBN). This global system works for publishers from Australia to Zimbabwe...

In March, I wrote about Amazon Buy Buttons and how we had started noticing used copies pushed as the first buying option. This has also been noticed by other publishers in the book industry, with Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness, The Huffington Post, The New...

To the average consumer, Amazon appears Oz-like with its magical power of 1-click ordering. For publishers, authors, and distributors, we have glimpses of the shadowy figure behind the curtain. Instead of smoke and mirrors, we deal with inscrutable algorithms...

Distribution is an often-invisible part of book publishing. It is intuitive that authors write, editors acquire, production designs, marketing promotes, booksellers sell, and readers enjoy. It is easy to overlook the logistics between the finished book...