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The article discusses why new parenting titles have difficulty breaking through in the parenting books category. Topics include publisher Holt's executive editor Barbara Jones on why having a big central idea is important for a new book, deputy editor of "Parents" magazine on the appeal of the parenting method in the book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua, and select 2015 special needs parenting titles, such as "Going Solo While Raising Children With Disabilities" by Laura Marshak. INSET: Hamlyn Launches Pregnancy and Parenting List.

The article discusses how partnership publishing can create a path into the indie bookselling market, where handselling can make all the difference to a books success. It mentions in a partnership publishing model, small presses can afford to compete and independent stores are able to offer a high caliber of diverse titles. It suggests creating an ecosystem that sustains the art of the book with partnership publishing.

The article discusses the search for a replacement for the online book discovery and recommendation platform Goodreads following its purchase by the Internet retailer Amazon. It is noted that independent booksellers are reluctant to continue using a product owned by a major competitor. Alternate platforms include Riffle, by marketing company Odyl, the digital bookseller and social media site Zola Books, and the book discovery site Bookish by publishers Penguin, Hachette, and Simon & Schuster.