Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson's Pinch of Nom: Comfort Food (Bluebird) has claimed the Christmas Number One, selling 56,367 copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 22:54:01 UTC ]
Bonnier Books UK imprint Nine Eight has landed the first-ever official guide to every Christmas number one single between 1952 and 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-28 08:57:24 UTC ]
Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) is the Christmas number one with 134,514 copies sold, becoming the first debut fiction title to hit the festive top spot. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 06:17:01 UTC ]
Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin), Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy (Bluebird) and Barack Obama's A Promised Land (Viking) are all in the running for the Christmas number one spot, as the print market heads into its final week before Christmas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 11:48:04 UTC ]
David Walliams look set to achieve a third Christmas number one with The Beast of Buckingham Palace (HarperCollins) racking up three straight weeks of sales above 100,000 copies—yet Pinch of Nom sequel Everyday Light could potentially cause an upset. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-12 11:53:50 UTC ]
Michelle Obama’s Becoming (Viking) is the UK Christmas number one, holding on to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week running. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The starting gun for the autumn season has sounded with 17 new titles in the UK Official Top 50—many of which will undoubtedly feature in the race for the Christmas number one—including this week's chart-topper, Joe Wicks' Joe's 30-Minute Meals (Bluebird). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins) has claimed the Christmas Number One, selling 60,700 copies for £376,150 through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The starting pistol for the race to Christmas number one has sounded and Jamie Oliver is out of the blocks early, with his 5 Ingredients: Quick and Easy Food (Michael Joseph) shifting just under 37,000 units through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market in its first two days on sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers are preparing for this year’s Super Thursday (20th October), with anticipated blockbusters from Jamie Oliver, Phil Collins and Martina Cole among a host of titles released that day with hopes of securing the Christmas number one. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Also this week, hiccuping through the Australian national anthem, Jeff Bezos is joining the space race, and a Jane Austen classic gets the zombie treatmentWith Thanksgiving over for another year and the heartwarming American tradition of Black Friday upon us, let’s start this week’s roundup with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Competition for the Christmas number one spot is wide open this year, a consequence of “the strongest autumn [in publication terms] in years”. Yesterday marked Super Thursday (8th October), the day on which the greatest number of hardback titles—including many likely bestsellers—are released in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK finished 2014 with a net sales decline of 10% in the final quarter, compared to the same period in 2013 which saw Sir Alex Ferguson claim the Christmas number one, according to annual results released by French parent company Lagardere. Across 2014 as a whole, Hachette UK saw a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling titles including the Christmas number one Guinness World Records 2015 (GWR), as well as Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist (Picador) and Robert Galbraith’s The Silkworm (Little, Brown) are being sold at a discount of up to 85% by retailers online, while The Book People is offering some... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guinness World Records 2015 (GWR) is the UK's official Christmas number one. In the seven days ending 20th December, the annual tome of record-breaking achievements from across the globe sold 58,477 copies, a volume rise of nearly 12% week to week. This is the first time in over a decade that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The race for the Christmas number one title is wide open this year, with no outstanding contender for the top spot. Seven national retailers, along with prominent indies, have told The Bookseller their predicted top five titles for Christmas across all genres, with many maintaining it is still... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jamie Oliver will beat J K Rowling to the Christmas number one book spot, the majority of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]