The holiday sales period ended on a high note with unit sales of print books increasing 5.8% over the week ended December 24, 2022 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
Helped by a strong performance in the fourth quarter ended April 30, 2021, revenue at John Wiley rose 6% in fiscal year 2021 over fiscal 2020. The company reported operating income of $185 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Ian Rankin's A Song for the Dark Times (Orion) has clearly struck a chord with the book-buying public, reaching a crescendo in its first full week on sale and hitting the UK Official Top 50 number one spot. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-11 02:14:07 UTC ]
Unit sales of print book rose 19.5% in the week ended January 30, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020 at outlets that report to BookScan. For the month of January, print unit sales were 21.3% higher than January 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
The novel is the bravura performance of a writer, poised at the edge of the day’s vast darkness, gathering all the warmth and light she can muster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-08-14 15:51:08 UTC ]
See summer out on a high note with some excellent new releases. Grow your summer reading list with these ten August 2020 YA books! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-08-05 10:31:00 UTC ]
Congrats to Susan Choi for ending the year on a high note: her novel Trust Exercise, which won this year’s National Book Award for Fiction, is in development to become a limited television series with FilmNation Entertainment. Choi will write the series for FilmNation Entertainment, which was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-12-12 21:43:30 UTC ]
Kathy Borkowski, the executive director of the Wisconsin Historical Society Press for the past 13 years, is stepping down. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent booksellers overcame an election-year slump in November and the lack of a must-have title to finish the year flat or slightly up. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 45-hour children's bookseller gathering in Orlando closed on a high note, in large part because of the energy and enthusiasm of booksellers and connections made thanks to the stories they brought with them and the authors presented throughout the institute. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the recent tragic events that took place days before the start of Children's Institute 4 at the Wyndham Orlando, the conference started off on a high note. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A year ago, livestreaming app Meerkat made a splash as one of the latest major startups to break out at South by Southwest Interactive. But with growing competition in live video from behemoths Twitter and Facebook, the company is pivoting to become a video-based social network, Re/code reported... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jen Hatmaker’s ‘For the Love’ returns to PW’s Hardcover Nonfiction list thanks to a heartfelt promotion. Plus Pierce Brown’s Red Rising trilogy ends on a high note, Teresa Guidice of ‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey’ publishes a post-prison memoir, and much more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In addition to the shop-local movement, good weather and a strengthening economy boosted sales at many independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of periodical comics and graphic novels may not have been as robust throughout 2014 as they were in recent years, but an exceptional holiday shopping season ended the year on a high note for comics retailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In reporting its last results as an independent publisher, Penguin Group posted a 16% gain in sales, to 513 million pounds, and a 27% rise in adjusted operating profit to 28 million pounds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]