Last week the Booksellers Association (BA) reported that the number of independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland had grown for the fifth consecutive year, with the BA’s figures showing 1,027 shops as active members at the end of 2021, the highest number since 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-15 20:36:31 UTC ]
The number of independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland has grown for the fifth consecutive year despite challenges brought by the pandemic, the Booksellers Association says. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-07 22:34:12 UTC ]
Louise Kennedy has made the six-strong shortlist for this year's Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for the second year running. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-07 17:27:57 UTC ]
The number of independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland has grown for the third consecutive year, according to new data from the Booksellers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-09 17:00:46 UTC ]
With print books selling 191.6 million units for £1.66bn, 2019 became the print market’s fifth consecutive year of growth and its best since 2010 in value terms, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-02 20:35:48 UTC ]
Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson’s Pinch of Nom: Everyday Light (Bluebird) has re-claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with 44,024 copies sold through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market, as the print market posts 2.4% growth in value for 2019 and a 0.4% bump in volume year on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-30 18:15:33 UTC ]
Blackwell’s has reported a third consecutive year of growth, with sales of £58.3m for the financial period ending 29th June 2019, up from £57m the previous year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 03:38:15 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has reported a second year of growth in its independent bookshop membership, with 15 new shops joining the trade body in 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Travel publishers promise innovation as print "finds its place" in the market, following second consecutive year of growth. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was another year of digital contraction for the UK’s biggest publishers, who experienced a second consecutive year of declining ebook volumes in 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books from outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan increased 2.8% in 2015 over 2014, marking the second consecutive year that print units posted annual gains. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book business looks ready to mark a second consecutive year of unit growth of print books. With one week to go in the year, unit sales of print books were up 2.8% compared to the same period in 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones cut its losses in its last financial year with managing director James Daunt describing it as year of “significant progress” and insisting that the business was edging towards profitability. It is the second consecutive year of reduced losses at Waterstones under Daunt, and includes... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The robust children’s market in 2014 has been the main theme of The Bookseller’s Review of the Year features, and it is driven home in our look at last year’s bestselling authors. The top 50 writers are once again eclipsed by the shadow of the Gruffalo, with the mighty Julia Donaldson taking... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell in 2010, although not as much as many had feared, helped in part by a holiday rally that pushed sales up by 5.3% and 2.3% in November and December, respectively. For 2010, bookstore sales were down 1.4%, to $16.5 billion, the third consecutive year that store sales have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 11/02/2011 - 16:13 The rate of decline of independent bookshops slowed in 2010, according to Booksellers Association numbers, despite the testing conditions on the high street and increasing competition from digital. Nearly one indie bookshop a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]