Waterstones has hit the half-way point in its Buy Books for Syria campaign, having raised £500,000 through book sales to help those affected by the conflict in the Middle East. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
China’s book market had a total value of 55bn RMB (£5.7bn) in 2014, with 18% of that (9.9bn RMB, £1.02bn) coming from by children’s book sales, according to Open Book, China’s book sales data company. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some of the UK’s most famous authors and publishers are donating their earnings from book sales to raise £1m for Syrian refugees. The post UK Authors, Publishers Donate Book Sales to Syrian Refugees appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales of traditionally published books in the US fell by almost 6% in the first five months of this year, compared to the same period the year before. Overall sales for trade fiction and non-fiction, children, higher education, professional and university presses were down 5.8% from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers say they are enjoying a “bumper summer”, with the release of Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman encouraging people to “re-engage with books and bookshops again.” James Daunt, m.d of Waterstones, said the release of the William Heinnemann title last month had injected life into the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seth Meyers on Late Night, a US TV talk show, has embraced interviewing novelists and the result is often a boost in book sales following broadcast. The post A TV Talk Show Appearance That Can Change an Author’s Future appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book sales in the US declined by 6% in 2014 compared to the year before, statistics released by Nielsen show. Information presented at BookExpo America and derived from PubTrack Digital, which collects ebook sales data from more than 30 of the largest publishers in the US, showed that in 2014... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers are contributing to the fall in their incomes by penning free pieces for large companies in the hope that it will raise their profile and lead to book sales, Roxana Robinson, president of The Authors Guild, has told The Bookseller. She also said that Amazon was devaluing books and writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new publishing model has launched, offering authors a 50% share of revenue on book sales. Lightning Books, the fiction imprint of the newly created Eyestorm Media, operates a co-publishing model. It was founded by Eye Books owner Dan Hiscocks, a former director of the Independent Publishers’... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Creators of the Clean Reader app will no longer sell books after receiving complaints from authors that their works were being altered without permission. The post UK Authors Force Clean Reader App to Stop Some Book Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Franciscan Media has laid off 27 employees, none of them in editorial, and the publisher says book sales are up and title output will increase. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the last 15 years, the number of publishers, bookstores and revenue from book sales in Japan has been in significant decline. The post Statistically Speaking, Japan’s Book Trade is in Trouble appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Iceland, the holiday season sees more than 800 books published and is responsible for 60-70% of all book sales in the country. The post Iceland’s Jólabókaflóð: The Christmas Book Flood appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales in the US jumped 23% week on week in the seven days ending 30th November as 15.8 million print books registered through Nielsen BookScan. It follows two consecutive weeks of volume growth above 5%. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are not taking a disproportionate amount of profit from book sales, Little, Brown’s c.e.o. Ursula Mackenzie has said, and it is important that they remain healthy. Speaking at a Society of Authors (SoA) panel on hybrid authors, Mackenzie defended publishers from criticism by audience... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
After months of bitter fighting, Hachette and Amazon announced on Thursday morning that they have settled their differences and reached a new multi-year agreement for ebook and print book sales. The post Amazon Resolves Dispute With Top-Five Publisher Hachette Over Book Sales appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
WH Smith has reported a 9% rise in pre-tax profits for the year but said books sales continue to be “challenging”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales fell 1.6% in May, to $1.09 billion, compared to the same month last year. However, sales rose 2.3%, to $4.29 billion, for the first five months of the year, as compared to same period in 2013, according to the AAP’s monthly StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Movies, movies, and more movies were the key to book sales for teens and younger readers this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Egypt, where book sales have fallen by 50%, has given a home to several Syrian Islamic publishers who say the faithful need them as much now as before. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]