Across the United States, booksellers are wrestling with how to safely open their stores. Some are racing ahead. Others feel it's too risky.
source: The New York Times
AUPresses is pleased to share news of its activities and accomplishments over the past year. Read on for an overview of the organization's work and highlights from the work of committees, program staff, volunteer leaders and the member presses.
source: Association of University Presses
The global recorded music industry generated $20.2 billion in wholesale revenues — that's the money making its way back to labels and artists — in 2019. This figure was up 8.2% on the prior year,...
source: Music Business Worldwide
Amazon.com Inc., No. 1 in the 2020 Digital Commerce 360 Top 1000, says the one- and two-day delivery times that shoppers have come to expect should gradually return in coming weeks as the online retailer catches up from a demand surge tied...
source: Bloomberg via Digital Commerce 360
The Postal Regulatory Commission recently released its Financial Analysis report of the Postal Service's 2019 financial results. Between FY 2018 and FY 2019, net losses from operations increased by 53%. The net loss from operations...
source: Printing Impressions
Retailers are re-strategizing how they are spending — or cutting back — their marketing dollars during the coronavirus pandemic. Ecommerce merchants including Bare Cotton and GiftsForYouNow.com discuss how the coronavirus has influenced their marketing strategy.
source: Digital Commerce 360
After an ominously long pause in news around Canada's bitterly contested Copyright Modernization Act of 2012, the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) has issued a statement of "frustration and disappointment" over an appellate...
source: Publishing Perspectives
Pace University's Dyson College of Arts and Sciences is once again demonstrating leadership in training for the publishing industry with the return of its course offering, Metadata for Books. The course, part of the Masters in Publishing program, recognizes the key role...
source: Brian O'Leary
Bracing for more change on the horizon while working to make the best of current circumstances is all-consuming and stressful. Still, retailers and brands that focus only on their internal goals, ignoring the real-time needs of customers, could see long-term repercussions.
source: Digital Commerce 360
Taking your conference virtual doesn't mean you have to lose the networking and interaction that occurs at your in-person events. Here are some ideas for building better online engagement.
source: Associations Now
With many states beginning to relax COVID-19 restrictions, employers in a variety of disciplines, including associations, are looking for the best advice to reopen their workplaces. Two new guides offer specific advice to help people work safely during a pandemic.
source: Associations Now
If you type "managing a business through a crisis" into any internet search engine, thousands of results will pull up. Honestly, it can be a bit overwhelming to try to get through them all. In reading many of these articles, however, some of the same advice appears universally....
source: Specialty Graphic Imaging Association
We've all been staying connected virtually, replacing our normal human interactions with webinars, video conferencing and virtual events. You probably feel exhausted and overwhelmed, and as it turns out, it's a problem many people are facing as they try to navigate video...
source: Bartha
Franny French writes, "As many of us are reckoning with the idea that we might be working, teaching, and learning remotely for months to come, enter a new phenomenon: online-meeting exhaustion. In a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher...
source: Hypothesis
Last month, the BISG board of directors hosted a 90-minute conversation about the impact of COVID-19 on the book industry. Revealing the results of a focused survey that had been fielded in the two weeks before the online discussion, members of the board identified several...
source: Brian O'Leary
