Booming appetites for crime, sci-fi and romance drive fiction sales 20% higher than in 2019, with Richard Osman the year’s bestselling authorBook sales continued to climb last year despite lockdowns, with more than 212m print books sold in 2021 – the highest figure of the last decade.Driven by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-01-11 17:21:11 UTC ]
Even as its stores reopen, Barnes & Noble has laid off a number of employees at its headquarters, including some book buyers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
College students, book buyers and publishers are taking a renewed interest in the bad old days of interwar authoritarianism, as well as books about threats to the present. Several scholars have started a crowd-sourced website called the New Fascism Syllabus. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is the top social media platform used by book buyers in Canada, according to a new report on social media use by book buyers from BookNet Canada. YouTube is second. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK and US editors are in Germany this week—on a trip organized by the Frankfurter Buchmesse—and hearing German publishers address a big issue in the market right now: finding more book buyers. The post A Developing Snapshot of a Market: Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Editors’ Tour of Germany appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The latest book market statistics from Germany show that flat book sales are being generated by fewer overall book buyers. The Börsenverein calls for a focus on potential readers. The post German Book Market in 2017: Stable Sales But in Need of More Book Buyers appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year, the show organizer has instituted a number of changes to increase the interaction between book buyers and authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookNet Canada has issued four studies looking at the demographics for book buyers of biographies/autobiographies, detective fiction, science fiction and cookbooks, each showing trends for the genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are a lot of heavy hitters at this year's BEA, but four titles consistently came up in conversations with book buyers: Colson Whitehead's 'The Underground Railroad,' 'The Nix' by Nathan Hill, 'Commonwealth' by Ann Patchett, and 'The Girls' by Emma Cline. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
W H Smith (WHS) is increasing its focus on book distribution to its stores in a bid to make cost savings. The company’s book buyers have been working within its new “books operating model”, which involves more focused targeting of big titles to key stores, which will be a priority going... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two US book buyers are suing cyclist Lance Armstrong and his publishers Random House US and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The recommendations of friends was the top driver behind children's discovery of new titles,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The dynamics of the digital book market in early 2011 closely resemble the dynamics before the holiday buying surge, with the notable difference that many more book buyers now have some form of digital reading device. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 04/03/2011 - 15:09 The board of Easons has said it backs Conor Whelan, who has been managing director of Easons since September 2009, after senior staff working in Dublin cast a vote of no confidence in him. Irish union organisation Siptu said... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
While all the big box stores carry books and all offer discounted bestsellers, Target competes most directly for those consumers who might otherwise make their purchases at bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]