2015 market growth underpinned by colouring, courgettes and YouTubers

Regular readers of The Bookseller will be aware of the three trends driving the print renaissance: adult colouring books, clean eating titles and psychological thrillers. Thus far in 2015, total sales are up 6% year on year through Nielsen BookScan, with a good deal of that down to 2015 breakout stars such as Paula Hawkins, “Deliciously” Ella Woodward and Johanna Basford. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]

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iBooks Bestsellers: Hawkins Back at #1

Paula Hawkins’s 'The Girl on the Train' regained the lead on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list, for the week ended August 10 Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The Girl on the Train’ Tops in First-Quarter E-book Sales

Paula Hawkins’s blockbuster debut, "The Girl on the Train," led overall ebook sales for the first quarter of the year, from January to March. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: ‘Grey’ Regains the Lead

E.L. James’s 'Grey' was once again the top selling title in Apple’s iBooks store, coming in one spot ahead of Paula Hawkins’s 'The Girl on the Train.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'Girl on the Train' Tops E-book Sales in First Quarter

Paula Hawkins's blockbuster debut, 'The Girl on the Train,' led ebook sales for the first quarter of 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Watchman' Sells 220K in Week Two, Stays Put at #1

After its historic first week of sales last week, Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' sold roughly 220,000 print copies for the week ended July 29, according to the outlets that report to Nielsen Bookscan Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boris Johnson to write Shakespeare biography

Boris Johnson is to write a biography of William Shakespeare for Hodder & Stoughton for October 2016. The publisher has confirmed the deal, which was reported in the Sunday Times to have been done for £500,000. The newspaper reported that Johnson’s advance was almost seven times his salary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hawkins Still Hot in Europe

Paula Hawkins’s debut thriller, "The Girl on the Train," performed well in several European markets in June. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Watchman' Cements #1 Spot on the Charts

'Go Set a Watchman' sold over 746,000 copies in its first week on sale at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. The numbers easily made the Harper Lee novel the #1 title on PW’s bestseller list, topping 'Grey' by E.L. James. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: iBooks Bestsellers: James, Hawkins at the Top

E.L James’s 'Grey' and Paula Hawkins’s 'The Girl on the Train' took the #1 and #2 spots, respectively, on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list for the week ended July 13. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Girl on the Train breaks Brown’s Original Fiction record

Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train (Doubleday) passed the 800,000 unit mark across all formats in the UK and Ireland last week as it became the first book since Nielsen BookScan records began to earn 20 Original Fiction number ones. Hawkins’ run of 20 non-consecutive numbers ones broke the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Girl on the Train breaks all-time book sales record

Paula Hawkins’s novel has now been top of the UK hardback book chart for 20 weeks, outlasting even Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol• How Paula Hawkins wrote ‘the new Gone Girl’A record set six years ago by Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol was broken this week by Paula Hawkins’s dark thriller The Girl on the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hawkins’ 'Train' runs over Brown’s record

Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train (Doubleday) has become the title with the longest run as an Original Fiction number one since records began. Last week, Hawkins’ book spent its 20th non-consecutive week atop Original Fiction, eclipsing the previous record of 19 weeks set by Dan Brown’s The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Girl on the Train’ Tops in Print, Digital

Paula Hawkins’s debut psychological thriller "The Girl on the Train" was the top-selling title on the print and Kindle bestseller lists for the year to date. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unit Sales Inched Up in First Half of 2015

Sales of print books for the first six months of 2015 were running just about even with the same period in 2014 at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Units inched up 0.3% in the period, to more than 286 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last hurrah for Watermark

Authors showed their support for Watermark Books in Kings Cross station, at a send-off event last night (24th June) ahead of the shop's closure at the end of July. Paula Hawkins, Hadley Freeman, Polly Samson, Sadie Jones, Jason Hewitt and Antonia Honeywell were among those paying tribute to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hawkins Hits Overseas

Paula Hawkins’s debut thriller, "The Girl on the Train," landed at #2 on the Netherlands combined list in May. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Batsford's half-million print run for Marotta

Pavilion imprint Batsford has a 500,000 first print run for colouring book Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland, to meet retail orders around the world.  The book, released today (25th June, £9.99), is the follow-up to Millie Marotta’s Animal Kingdom, which has been translated into 30 languages... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Grey' Dominates Print Bestseller List

The book sold more than 350,000 copies in just three days on sale, according to Nielsen BookScan, which records roughly 80% of print units. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Record-breaking Christian Grey dominates charts

E L James’ Grey (Arrow) has become the fastest-selling adult paperback in the UK since records began, smashing the previous record by almost 270,000 copies, while selling nearly 650,000 physical and digital units in just three days on sale.  Grey shifted 385,972 print units Thursday through... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's sector booms but review space falters

Authors and book reviewers have hit out at national newspapers for shrinking the amount of editorial space given over to children’s books, despite huge growth in the market. In the UK, the children’s sector (including teen and YA titles) is the fastest-growing area of the market: sales grew... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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