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%.
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[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales tumbled 30.7% in August compared to August 2019, putting an end to a brief rally that saw the rate of sales declines slowing compared to 2019.
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[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales tumbled 10.3% in August compared to August 2018, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The double digit decline suggests that college students are cutting their purchases of print materials in favor of greater use of digital content.
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[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
After a number of months of sales gains, revenue at that nation's bookstores fell 1.2% in August compared to a year ago, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magician series among children’s books boosting revenue at publishing house, with pre-tax profits at £1.9m Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury has reported a jump in half-year sales after a strong performance from educational and children’s books. Sales were up 11.6% to £52.7m in the six months to...
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[ Source: The Guardian | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]