Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn has been named the top-selling ebook of 2014 for ebooks by Sainsbury’s. The Orion-published book was released as a film in Autumn last year starring Rosamund Pike and Ben Afleck, which had a direct impact on digital sales of the thriller novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales at Edinburgh University Press have increased 10% in the last year, boosted by North American trade. The wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh recorded sales of £2.9m in the year to 31st July 2014, up 10% year-on-year. The majority of the sales - £2.1m - were from print... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Moritz Loew, VP-sales and marketing at Time Inc. and a key architect of Time.com's ambitious redesign this year, is leaving the company, Ad Age has learned. His last day is Friday.A veteran of the digital media world, Mr. Loew led U.S. ad sales for Time magazine in both print and digital. Jed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are confident their digital sales will continue to increase, but at a slower rate than in the past, The Bookseller’s 2014 Digital Census has found. However, over three quarters of publishers think digital will lead to a collapse of territoriality and there continues to be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The director of digital sales and channel development at Penguin Random House is to join Hachette... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Consumer ebook sales rose 10% in the first quarter of 2014, according to the Publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
MasterChef among titles boosting revenues by 12.6%, with marketing campaign set for illustrated Harry Potter editionsThe chief executive of Bloomsbury has hailed "chefs as rockstars" after a surge in sales of titles from Heston Blumenthal, Raymond Blanc and MasterChef helped cook up bumper... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK’s earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were down slightly in 2013, because... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In genre fiction, going it alone is beginning to look a much more dependable route to successBrenna Aubrey self-published her debut romance novel At Any Price on the Amazon Kindle on 9 December 2013. One month later At Any Price had netted a total profit of £16,588. Aubrey's success is far from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hearst Magazines Digital Media has appointed Tom Kirwan to the new role of vice president, national sales and key accounts. Kirwan was previously vice president of digital sales for Time Inc. Branded Solutions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK's digital sales were £50m in 2012, its chief executive Tim Hely Hutchinson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has grown Nook digital content sales by 38% year-on-year in its second quarter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 50% year-on-year increase in digital sales at Cambridge University Press contributed to a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers hoping that digital sales would make up for the decline in physical books are worried. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Whether it’s figures from the Association of American Publishers or financial reports from individual companies, it is becoming clear that in the early years of the digital transition publishers are finding ways to improve earnings and margins despite slight declines in total revenue as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A recent PubTrak survey from R.R. Bowker indicated that teens remain reluctant when it comes to ebooks. Accustomed to social media, they find that electronic stories have “too many restrictions,” according to the report. But many industry players—agents, booksellers, publishers, and authors—are... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The cannibalization of print by digital accelerated in 2011, with unit sales in the outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan falling 8.9% with one week to go in the year. The drop in print sales was double that of 2010, when units fell 4.5%. The decline from 2010 to 2011 sped up in all major... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Paul Rigg Publication Date: Fri, 07/10/2011 - 15:10 The Spanish book trade is preparing for unexpectedly fast growth in digital sales, Liber, the international book fair for the Spanish speaking world has been told. Iría Álvarez, trade manager at Santillana, one of Spains largest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 07/10/2011 - 14:39 Independent publishers are predicting that ebook sales may make up as much as 15% of their total sales by the end of 2011, as FutureBook's Digital Census reveals that a quarter of UK publishers now have ebook sales which... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
When McGraw-Hill Education becomes a stand-alone business some time in 2012 it will look toward global expansion and more digital sales for growth, executives stressed in promoting the plan to divide the current McGraw-Hill Companies into two distinct operations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]