Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will the price.Like many libraries ...

At a recent speaking engagement, I was asked, “Why do we need libraries if we can just download books for free?” Simply put, libraries don’t get books for free but loan them to patrons for free. It ...

For a growing number of Americans, reading is more than leafing through a physical book. Between 2011 and 2021, the share of Americans who listened to an audiobook more than doubled, from 11% to 23%, ...

Major Publishers control the entire book market in the United States. Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan control approximately 80% of all trade books sold.

Philip Stone, head of publisher account management at Nielsen IQ BookData, said books 'find it hard to compete with other ...

Students who blew out their budget over spring break might wish they had kept a few extra dollars tucked under a mattress back home. Spring quarter students find themselves paying more for their books ...