As someone who spends a lot of time thinking and talking
about book sales data, I couldn't pick a better subject to present on right now than the children's market.
The publishing industry has spent the past few weeks reeling from the insights provided by DBW and AuthorEarnings into
what book sales data actually feels like for the rights holders involved, if not actually providing meaning discussion and furthering conversations about how accurate comparative sales data can help... [Read more...]
The publishing industry has spent the past few weeks reeling from the insights provided by DBW and AuthorEarnings into what
book sales data actually feels like for the rights holders involved, if not actually providing meaning discussion and furthering conversations about how accurate comparative sales data can help authors and publishers.
Jonathan Nowell heads Nielsen's Book information businesses, including Bookscan which compiles
book sales data in many major markets around the world.
I liked that he and Brody (who founded Booklr) really dug data and provided a
robust book sales data dashboard that authors could use to refine their marketing strategies.
-LSB-...] book sales data got picked up in many interesting places, including Forbes magazine.
Bowker Identifier Services — 15 % discount Copyright Clearance Center — Free opportunity to authorize titles with CCC IBPA Supplier and Services Discovery Database — A benefit of membership NPD BookScan — Deep discount on
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While direct sales through author's websites and self - publishing websites such as Lulu, CreateSpace, BookSurge, Lightning Source, AuthorHouse, and others offer immediate sales data,
book sales data through distribution sources such as Amazon is typically delayed many months.
Many of the people Mark works with spend a significant amount of time and money finding out what people want, just as publishers pore
over book sales data and run focus groups to identify what's working and generate some more of it.
I finally had time to read this very interesting article in the Huffington Post written by Mark Coker about the Smashwords study conducted to analyze self -
published book sales data.
Even with the exceptions above, though, BookScan is considered the most respected and reliable aggregator
of book sales data.
There also is no consideration for books with sales ranks < 1000, even though these rankings have
their book sales data estimated with less accuracy.
Both our printer and distributor employ independent auditing firms to verify
the book sales data.
Bookcore will regularly connect to your vendors and collect
your books sales data, so you don't have to worry you missed anything.
You can find out exactly how much a movie made in its opening weekend, and how many people supposedly watched last night's TV shows — but
book sale data is secret.
One of the bigger benefits of accessing your Author Central page is getting a look at
your book sales data.
I'm looking forward to joining the BookNet Canada team and learning all there is to know about ONIX and trends in
book sales data.