Buoyed by the success of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, children’s non-fiction is the “place to be” this Bologna, with publishers eager for new voices on the back of strong sales in the sector in the past 12 months. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illustrated publisher Thames & Hudson saw a 7.4% revenue increase in the 12 months ending 31st December 2016, although post-tax profits were down by almost 30% in the same time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers were pleased with the start of the official holiday shopping season following strong sales on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Led by strong sales in its children's group, where the sale of Harry Potter titles drove a 40% gain, total revenue at the U.K.-based company jumped 15% in the six months ended August 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Connect Books saw a 12% year-on-year rise for the 45-week period to 15th July 2017, with strong sales in UK and Wordery offsetting weaker sales in libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales at Regnery jumped 48.9% in the first quarter ended March 31, largely thanks to the strong sales of David Limbaugh's 'The True Jesus.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wm. Paul Young’s ‘The Shack’ continues to see strong sales following its big screen adaption, claiming the #1 spot on the iBooks bestseller list for the second week in a row. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
2016 ended up being one of Diamond's best years ever, thanks to strong sales of the titles in Rep. John Lewis's March trilogy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic Inc saw revenues and operating profit increase in the second quarter of the year thanks to strong sales of its Harry Potter publishing in the US and Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent booksellers are backing Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project (Contraband) to win the Man Booker Prize, following strong sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
WH Smith saw strong sales from its Zoella Book Club launch over summer, but general book sales were down 2% like-for-like for the retailer in the year ending 31st August 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales in July fell by just under 1% compared to July 2015, marking the first month in 2016 that sales were down. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Strong sales and new store owners, including Tattered Cover's Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan, contributed to an upbeat mood at this year's regional trade show in Denver. Attendance increased 5%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The inclusion of Harlequin and strong sales of Chris Kyle’s memoir American Sniper (William Morrow) helped HarperCollins to a 14% increase in revenues in the three months to 31st March, compared to the year before. But ebook revenues declined 3% year-on-year, HarperCollins’ parent company News... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic Corporation said it increased revenues 7% to $665.6m (£426m) during the fiscal 2015 second quarter, which ended on the 30th November. The increase was largely down to strong sales in children’s books but there were gains in most divisions, including trade, clubs, fairs and classroom... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Tools of Change conference in New York City earlier this month, American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher spoke about an “indie renaissance” marked by strong sales and an increase in membership. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
With competitive bookstores, strong sales and three major languages - Hebrew, Arabic and Russian - Israel's small but vibrant publishing industry is on the rise. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books published by Amazon like the Penny Marshall memoir 'My Mother Was Nuts' have not seen strong sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The US book business is starting to reap the benefit of strong sales of the Fifty Shades of Grey... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Licensing has long played an important role in the cookbook category. While most of the action has been in brands and cooking shows that have been extended into licensed cookbooks, more recently quite a few characters and entertainment properties have entered the category, and those deals have... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]