Record sales show that even the ability to carry thousands of books in one portable electronic device is not enoughIn 2009, when Amazon’s Kindle ebook was launched in the UK, it seemed impossible to imagine that a dozen years later booksellers would be reporting a record year of sales of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-01-15 17:00:27 UTC ]
The Association of American Publishers released its final report on 2020 industry sales today and the figures show another flat year, with sales down 0.2% compared to 2019, slipping to $25.71 billion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Physical book sales in Sweden are falling but the take-up of digital subscription services is on the rise, leading to a boost in revenue during 2019, new figures show. Statistics published by trade magazine Svensk Bokhandel showed sales nudged up 1.1% by value and 4.9% by volume in 2019... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-18 15:14:31 UTC ]
American trade publishing saw a 4.6% rise in revenue for 2018 but a decline in educational sales left the market relatively flat, new figures show. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Topped by Margaret Atwood, the UK’s Top 10 bestselling authors of literary fiction last year features only one male writer, Haruki MurakamiFlying in the face of Norman Mailer’s infamous comment that “a good novelist can do without everything but the remnant of his balls”, Haruki Murakami was the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
New figures show that fewer UK writers earn enough to live on, as ACE blames falling sales of literary fiction on the recession and the rise of smartphonesThe image of the impoverished writer scratching out their masterwork in a freezing garret remains as true today as it was a century ago,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
An increasing aversion to online ads amongst British adults is posing a threat to online publishers, new figures show. The latest figures from IAB in conjunction with YouGov reveal that more than one in five British adults, or 22 percent, are now using ad-blockers, representing a four percent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A good book is all you ever used to need on the beach but data-use figures show we're still reaching for our cellphones even when we're on holiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
New figures from Nielsen BookScan show continuing decline since 2009 as more and more readers migrate to ebooksPrint sales of adult fiction have declined by over £150m since 2009, new figures show, as ebooks take an increasingly large bite out of the market.A review of 2014 from book sales... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of printed books fell by £98m last year - down 6.5% on 2012, figures show. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]