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Download an App That Opens Kindle Instead of Facebook
We don’t do April Fool’s stunts here at Book Riot, but I did double check to make sure this little hack was legit. And it is. Basically, it tells your phone to open your most recently opened Kindle book when you try to open Facebook. I am not entirely sure how you actually open Facebook if you’ve installed this, so you are on your own there.
Big 5 Publishers Report Mostly Flat Sales in 2017
Three of the five largest publishers in North America reported flat 2017 sales last week. HMH and Simon & Schuster were notable for reporting stronger growth, though they are the two smallest of the Big 5. The big trend was declining ebooks sales largely set off by strong growth in downloadable audio content.
Comics Sales Down for First Time in Six Years
Comics Beat takes a deep dive into the BookScan sales data for comics in 2017. The finding? That while the total number of copies sold was up, the actual dollar revenue was down just over three percent. This is the first time that dollar amount has decreased since 2012, though the growth rate over that time has been so robust that some cooling is probably to be expected.