Deluxe editions of popular titles are driving sales of print books this holiday season, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said at a media conference this week, adding that the company is looking into how it might use various AI-driven products to enhance its business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of print books were up 0.1% for the first nine months of 2024 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan, with titles by Colleen Hoover, Sarah J. Maas, and Rebecca Yarros dominating the top 10 list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Print book sales and store traffic are on the rise. Plus: Book Riot's best books of 2024, adaptation news, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-07-10 15:00:00 UTC ]
Books by Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros, among the bestselling books of 2024 so far, sparked a huge increase in the adult fantasy category and helped keep print sales roughly flat with the first half of 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Print book sales were up in May, books by Stephen King, Kristin Hannah, Emily Henry, and Dr. Seuss. Check out the top 10 books sold in the adult and children's markets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-20 13:30:00 UTC ]
In May 2024, Circana BookScan reports, the US print book market was 5 percent higher than it was in May 2023. The post Circana: US Print Book Sales Up 3 Million Units in May 2024 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-18 20:54:13 UTC ]
A survey from BookNet Canada found that 58% of audiobook listeners in the country obtained their books from free sources, such as the library or YouTube, while 62% of e-book readers and 51% of print book readers found free sources for their reading material. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Led by books by Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros, fiction sales were up in the first quarter this year, but nonfiction declines resulted in a 1.7% drop in total unit sales of print books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
When e-readers like the Amazon Kindle burst onto the scene, they were predicted to bring about the death of the print book — and maybe the independent bookstore too. But publishing sales data and on the ground observations from booksellers indicate that neither prediction has come true. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-12-17 09:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of Liz Cheney's new book got off to a good start and three titles by Rebecca Yarros continued to be hot, but print sales dipped 1.1% last week from a year ago. The decline put an end to two weeks of higher sales over 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
Titles in the Hunger Games and Empyrean series sold in big numbers last week, leading to a 1.4% increase in sales of print books over 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online comics are racking up readers, and print book publishers are catching on. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
Led by huge numbers for two Rebecca Yarros titles, unit sales of print books rose 3.9% last week over the comparable week in 2022 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Led by blockbuster first week sales for 'The Woman in Me' by Britney Spears and a strong showing in the young adult category, unit sales of print books rose 1.4% last week over the week ended October 29, 2022, at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books fell 3.2% last week at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. The performance wasn’t a bad one—it was just unable to match the same period last year, when 'It Starts with Us' by Colleen Hoover sold more than 810,000 copies in its first week on sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
After a long run with weekly sales ahead of 2022, unit sales of adult fiction titles were down 0.2% in the year-to-date after sales fell last week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The August assessment of Circana BookScan's Kristen McLean shows romance leading a drop in United States print book sales. The post Circana BookScan: US Print Book Market ‘Slowing a Bit’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-09-11 22:40:03 UTC ]
With the adult fiction and nonfiction categories posting declines of 9% and 6%, respectively, unit sales of print books fell 6.1% last week from the comparable week in 2022 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The release of the second season of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' on Amazon Prime gave a small boost to the Jenny Han novels that the series is based on last week, but it wasn't enough to stop a 7.1% drop in sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Despite overall flat sales this July, Circana reports that the US book market also saw some frontlist gains and new voices on the bestseller list. The post Circana on July’s US Print Book Market: A Slight Frontlist Gain appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-08 19:27:46 UTC ]