Not exact matches
The lists have come under scrutiny recently for under - representing
authors of color (see the Book Riot «s «LibraryReads So White, or Why Librarians Need to Do Better»), for featuring established
authors over less - known (see Becky Spratford's RA for All post), and large publishing houses over
indie presses.
5
of those 11 adult
coloring books were self published
coloring books by
indie authors.
It's fantastic, appropriate, and necessary to see trad and
indie books, heroines with a wide variety
of backgrounds,
authors and characters
of color, and queer and het books all in the same place.
In January's snapshot, 11 out
of Amazon's Top 35 best - selling print books were adult
coloring books and 5
of those 11 were self - published
coloring books by
indie authors.