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A diverse range of books are needed for 10 years of reflection
It’s only been more than a decade since the now-deprecated BookCon Convention programming lineup, which had more cats than people of color, led to the creation of diverse books. Co-founder Ellen Oh sat together Publishers every week To look back at the organization’s first decade and what its work looks like in this moment. As the Trump administration has increased anti-DEI initiatives and attempts to ban books increase nationwide, OH highlights the need for the publishing industry to financially support diverse books. The job can be challenging and discouraged, but it looks at the irreversible way WNDB has changed the industry. “Diversity is inevitable. No matter how difficult a particular administration is, I hope they continue to make their efforts successful, as they desperately want to stop the inevitable.
Trend now
In the latest in our essential newsletter on Booktok Trends, Alyssa Morris explores what’s tiresome and what’s wired with an app that changes trends faster than Marco Rubio’s job titles. The romance is stable, but the series is getting more fatigued, with more readers eager to have a standalone story and an already completed series. It can spell bad news for all publishers (almost all publishers) who dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into multi-book deals in an attempt to ride the tailwind of Rebecca Jaros. The most interesting trend for me is focusing on the tools and technologies that adjoin audiobooks and audio. Listening to audiobooks counts 100% as reading, hello, welcome.
Best ebook deals of the day
While Book Riot posts great ebook deals every day, Hanif Abdurraquib’s Always on Always is one of my favorite books of 2024, so today’s summary is very tasty. As for basketball, I don’t need to thank him for his idiosyncratic approach to memoirs, for taking it from me. It’s on sale for $1.99, just like Clara and the Sun, in the Tana French forest, where it all began for the Dublin Murder Squad. Happy reading!
