2023 Publishing Trend Predictions 📚 (All the hot new book trends)

2023 Predictions for Bookish Trends

In this video, Bart shares his predictions for bookish trends in 2023. He talks about book cover design, how we will read books, and the role of technology in publishing.

Book Cover Design

• Publishers will use bright colors, bold fonts, and simple designs to make book covers stand out on social media.

• There will be a trend towards intricate and luxurious covers with floral motifs, gold inlays, and sprayed edges.

• A niche trend of retro design with black and white photography and references to the 70s and 80s.

How We Will Read Books

• Audiobooks will continue to grow in popularity with new players entering the market.

• Ebooks will become more commonplace as libraries and publishers find ways to lend them out.

• Physical books will become collector's items that are pretty to look at on shelves.

Technology in Publishing

• AI will become an important tool for authors and publishers aiding with book blurbs, marketing texts, and allowing authors to write more books faster.

Book Trends for 2023

In this video, the speaker discusses book trends for 2023. They talk about AI-written books, social media's impact on publishing, and popular genres in fiction and non-fiction.

Non-Fiction

• Science and finance books are out of the door.

• Books on politics and current affairs will continue to drive non-fiction sales.

• Self-help books will be very popular in 2023.

Fiction

Dark and Gothic

• Dark Academia is out; instead, we'll see a huge interest in all that dark and Gothic and macabre.

• Think Edgar Allan Poe or Milton; think horror but not the gory kind.

• We might see some vampires as well again.

Romance

• Interest in romance ramped up in 2022 and it's not going anywhere.

• Romance, be it spicy or not, is here to stay: we want our beach reads!

• We will see more diverse romance with more authors of color or from a more diverse background as well as more diverse characters.

Fantasy

• Dystopian worlds, climate fiction are out of the door; instead, we'll see more fantasy that's non-European.

• Coming-of-age stories will be hugely popular this year.

Overall, social media has become a staple in publishing marketing. The speaker predicts that self-publishing authors will continue to be picked out by social media platforms. The speaker also predicts that there will be a big standoff between pro-AI or against it.