Lots of promises, lots of data, but also a lot of uncertainty in the book industry, which relies more and more on audiobooks.

According to Caniem, Written Word Media has analyzed data from the publishing industry and, together with experts in the field, listed the publishing trends that authors and publishers can expect in the coming year.

The top eight publishing trends for 2022 are as follows:

Direct Sales

During 2021, many more authors had great success with direct sales from their own websites, and it looks like this will continue in 2022. Authors with large followings could see higher profits this way.

As more tools are available, such as Shopify and BookFunnel, direct sales will become a more viable channel for authors.

The benefits of direct selling are three: continue reading here