Amid looming tariffs, consumers’ decision to focus their discretionary spending on less expensive items—such as books—should keep industry sales over the next three years on par with sales in 2024, according to a new report from Circana Bookscan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
In a presentation at the London Book Fair, a BookScan analyst said that many of the trends that led to a small sales increase in 2024—including BookTok and Bibles—remain in place in 2025. Also among those factors is the idea of "bibliotherapy," the use of literature to help people improve their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The January-through-June report from Circana BookScan for the States comes with observations on declines in middle-grade print sales. The post Circana BookScan: US Print’s January-June Print Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-07-29 18:17:44 UTC ]
The 2016 title by Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance sold more than 197,000 copies last week according to Circana BookScan and an estimated 650,000 copies according to publisher HarperCollins. Sales for titles by Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
After a lackluster start to the year, unit sales of print books have improved in recent months, and were up 5% in May over a year ago at outlets that report to BookScan. A BookScan analyst said that if current trends last, summer sales could top those in 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
In May 2024, Circana BookScan reports, the US print book market was 5 percent higher than it was in May 2023. The post Circana: US Print Book Sales Up 3 Million Units in May 2024 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-18 20:54:13 UTC ]
The Circana BookScan analysis of the US print market in March shows that Q1 2024 was 15 percent ahead of where it was in 2019. The post Circana BookScan on March 2024: US Print Books 2 Percent Under 2023 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-16 20:56:31 UTC ]
Circana Bookscan reports that in week 51 in the U.S., 31 million print books were sold, marking a 1-percent holiday season growth over 2022. The post Circana BookScan: A Holiday-Season Boost in US Print Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-01-10 14:11:58 UTC ]
Jonathan Stolper, longtime head of BookScan, will leave the company by the end of the month. David Walter, BookScan client development executive director, will lead the US Books business following Stolper's departure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
In July, for the first month ever, sales from the roughly 180 BookTok authors BookScan follows fell from the prior year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
In April, Patterson became the first author to sell more than 100 million copies across all print formats since BookScan first started recording unit sales of print books in 2004. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sourcebooks had another record year in 2022, making it not only the one of the fastest-growing publishers in the country last year but also the eighth-largest publisher based on BookScan data. Its founder attributes much its success to its use of data. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Amid calls for better and more comparable data among publishing markets, Nielsen's BookData makes a timely expansion in Colombia. The post Nielsen BookData Opens BookScan Tracking in Colombia appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-02-14 17:19:31 UTC ]
US backlist book sales grew in January, according to NPD Bookscan, with adult fiction helping to offset sagging adult nonfiction. The post NPD BookScan Sees 2023 US Book Market ‘Off to a Solid Start’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-02-07 14:57:06 UTC ]
NPD Bookscan reports US print book sales rose 12 percent and has published a list of the top print bestsellers in 2022. The post US Bestsellers and Book Sales in 2022: Second-Highest at NPD appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-10 16:25:54 UTC ]
In a trend reflecting reader behavior more than supply-chain issues, the American book market heads downward in NPD's BookScan data. The post NPD BookScan: The US Market, Early 2022 Holidays appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-11-07 18:29:40 UTC ]
Amid news of the NPD-IRI merger, NPD BookScan reports US print holding at 6 percent below 2021’s level in the week ending July 23. The post NPD and IRI Have Announced an Unnamed Merger in Data and Analysis appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-04 15:57:40 UTC ]
The American book market, in NPD's report, 'maintained its strength in June, adding 1.8 million print units over the previous five weeks.' The post NPD BookScan for June: Another View of the US Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-07-11 20:49:57 UTC ]
Remember that exhausting parade of Trump insiders and ex-staffers getting book deals for dishy tell-alls? Turns out no one’s really interested in reading them. Politico went digging around NPD Bookscan (which reflects about 70 percent of sales) to get the receipts: The Chief’s Chief [by former... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-24 12:44:43 UTC ]
A recent report from NPD BookScan found that U.S. print book sales of LGBTQ fiction reached nearly 5 million units in 2021, doubling 2020 sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-15 04:00:00 UTC ]