It’s October, and in the retail world, this means it’s basically Christmas, which means it’s almost 2024—and 2023 was a weird year for publishing.| Misshelved
I am a bookseller, but I often joke that I do not know how to read—and in this era of burnout and pandemic and an overwhelming amount of media, I certainly don’t read as much as I used to.| Misshelved
I began this essay because I wanted to explore how and why the young adult book publishing industry in the United States now seems to be primarily targeting adult readers, rather than teens.| Misshelved
Publishing obsesses over Goodreads, but does Goodreads actually sell books?| misshelved.substack.com
We need to engage in free debate about books without denying readers the opportunity to read these books and come to their own conclusions.| PEN America
Goodreads is full of trolls, spam, and harassment campaigns. They probably like it that way.| countercraft.substack.com