Writers of adult books, children’s books, international publishing, and creativity in general will be featured at London Book Fair 2025. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Adam Ridgway: An Array of Talent n an early announcement from the 2025 edition of London Book Fair today... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-11-27 23:15:18 UTC ]
Sales at the more than 200 Christian retailers who took part in the Parable Group's annual survey rose 8% over 2022. Gifts, adult books, and Bibles remained the most popular categories for the stores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Results were buoyed by strong sales in higher education course materials, which were up 17.9%, and at religious presses, which saw a 12.2% bump, in conjunction with a 1.5% increase in sales of adult books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
A 14.1% decline in May in the children's/YA segment was offset by gains in sales of adult books and college course materials, leading to total sales in the month holding even with 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Here are 10 books that feature magical veterinarians in science fiction and fantasy settings, ranging from YA to adult books. Start with Super Extra Grande by Yoss, translated by David Frye. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-28 10:31:00 UTC ]
2022 was a tale of two categories when it came to sales of adult books, with romance novels the runaway hit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
With sales in the adult books and children’s/young adult categories falling 16.4% and 9.9%, respectively, total industry sales dropped 9.3% in October from a year ago for the 1,370 publishers that report results to AAP’s StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales fell 9% in August compared to a year ago at the 1,367 publishers who report data to AAP’s StatShot program. All segments had declines in the month, with sales of adult books down 9.3% and sales of children’s/young adult book declining 10.9%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Sourcebooks has reached an agreement with Ebony Magazine Publishing to create a list of Ebony-branded adult books. The first books in the list will be released this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Strong sales of adult books and another big gain in its international operations led to a “robust, healthy” second quarter at Simon & Schuster, company CEO Jonathan Karp told 'PW.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Canadian online writing platform Wattpad announced the launch of W by Wattpad Books, a new adult imprint focused on commercial fiction. It will publish its first five titles in 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books jumped 35% last week over the comparable week in 2020, driven by huge sales gains for adult books. At this point last spring, sales of adult books were soft because of the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of downloadable audio jumped 32% in August over a year ago and e-book sales rose 14.6%. With hardcover sales up 29% in the month, sales of adult books rose 13.2% in August, according to AAP's BookStat. Total industry sales inched up 0.3% in the month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
ECW Press, a publisher of adult books, and Annick Press, a publisher of children's and YA books, both based in Toronto, are partnering, with ECW co-publisher David Caron is acquiring ownership of Annick over five years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Publishing industry sales had a nice start to 2020, rising 3.5% through February, according to AAP's StatShot program. Sales of adult books were up 2.9%, and sales in the children/young adult rose 6.3%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Karen Tomlinson, head of adult books at The Book People, will retire in September after 13 years with the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-30 01:43:54 UTC ]
Sales of adult books were flat in October compared to October 2017, according to figures released by the AAP as part of its StatShot program. Sales in the children/young adult segment fell 6.8% in the month compared to 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
YA novelist Sarah J Maas is to write her first series for adults, set to be published by Bloomsbury in late 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books, their authors and their illustrators are recognized in the American Library Association program of Youth Media Awards, including audiobooks, debuts, adult books for teens, titles in the LGBT experience, and even a Dr. Seuss award. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of adult books were 9.8% lower in July 2017 than in July 2016, and sales in the children’s/young adult segment fell 36.8%, according to figures released by the Association of American Publishers as part of its StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]