‪Amazon may see it as ~0.2% of books, but top scammers make >$100K/month – money from author pockets. Then scammers roll a huge chunk of that back into advertising, which brings readers to the website, or goes directly back into Amazon’s pocket via Amazon Ads

There’s still a lot more work to do, though! Number of books featuring African Americans has more than doubled in the past decade, with Asian Americans tripling

Mil Mundos Books is a new Spanish- and English-language bookstore in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn

In a brand revamp, Staples this week repositioned itself as “the Worklife Fulfillment Company,” or a place where it says workers can feel happy and productive, reminiscent of WeWork. Staples wouldn’t say if this means it’s going to launch co-working spaces of its own (it ended a co-working trial with startup Workbar earlier this year), but it’s rolling out new private-label technology and office products and yet-to-be-announced business services. It’s also launching a business-focused content-marketing platform called The Loop.

Last chance to sign up for Beyond The Book: How Authors, Publishers and Agents are Developing New Revenue Streams Women’s Media Group w Kathy Doyle(Macmillan), Christy Fletcher (Fletcher & Company) Joan O’Neil (Skillsoft), moderated by Stephanie Bowen (Penguin Random House) – it’s this Thursday 4/11 at 12:30pm in NYC – only $20 and includes a sandwich lunch – if non-member, DM me for code