Inventory shortages, staffing concerns, and ongoing challenges presented by Covid-19 have not slowed the sales of Bibles, books, and gifts, and Christian booksellers are thriving. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Association of American Publishers (AAP) StatShot report has recorded publisher book sales down 6.6% for the first quarter of 2015, at $2.2bn compared to $2.38bn for the first quarter of last year. Data for the StatShot comes from just over 1,200 publishers. The figures represent... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Palin, Bill Bryson and William Dalrymple are just some of the names already nominated for the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rizzoli Bookstore will reopen July 27 in New York City, and Books. Inc. puts the finishing touches on its grand opening of its new Berkeley store this weekend. New stores opened in Fresno and in New Richmond, Ohio. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW's religion reviews editor recommends the funniest history of Christianity you'll ever read. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book sales in the adult and children's/young adult categories fell a combined 8.1% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first period of 2014, according to AAP's StatShot program, Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman (William Heinemann) racked up first-day sales in the UK of over 105,000 copies, across print and digital editions, according to publisher Penguin Random House. Meanwhile Waterstones' own sales for the title are approaching 30,000, m.d. James Daunt told The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales rose by just less than 1% in May compared to May 2014, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the past year Kevin Gentzel has gone from newspapers to digital media and back again.After hopping from The Washington Post to Yahoo last year, Mr. Gentzel has landed at Gannett as the newspaper company's chief revenue officer and will report to the company's president of domestic publishing... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble and Book-A-Million have both pronounced that 'Go Set a Watchman' had the largest first day sale of any adult fiction book in the history of both retailers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee’s ‘parent novel’ to To Kill a Mockingbird sets tills ringing despite ambivalent receptionDespite the widespread doubts over the decision to publish Go Set A Watchman, and despite the cries of horror that went up around the world over the weekend as readers discovered that the godlike... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry vet Michael Bhaskar's digital publisher Canelo launches this week with two titles and is offering 50-60% royalties, giving UK authors new options. The post New Publisher Canelo Offers UK Authors Strong Incentives appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Led by sales of comics, revenue at Diamond Distributors rose 10% in the first half of 2015 over the same period in 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Days before Amazon celebrates its 20th anniversary, Authors United is asking authors to sign a letter to the DoJ for an investigation of Amazon, and ABA submitted a similar request on Monday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among this week's openings are the Tiger’s Den bookstore/bar in St. Joseph, Mo. And, in other news, Lancaster, Pa., bookstore Aaron's Books is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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A few years ago, Foursquare, Yelp and Groupon seemed to be booming with brands and consumers, painting a pretty lucrative picture of the future of local advertising. Fast-forward to today—Yelp is reportedly up for sale, Foursquare's growth has stalled, and the daily-deal market has burned out. ... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits at Oxford University Press (OUP) were down slightly in the year to the end of March 2015 because of “difficult trading conditions”, the company has said. OUP had a total turnover of £767m in the 12 months to 31st March this year, up from £759m the year before, it revealed in its annual... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Walker Books Group has appointed Lucy Pleydell-Pearce as senior group and intercompany sales manager. She joins Walker from Templar Books, where she was foreign rights manager. Pleydell-Pearce, who will take up the role 6th July, will manage the inter-company sales flow for books... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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HarperNonFiction has bought a “unique” escapist’s guide to climbing trees for a “strong five-figure sum” in a “hotly contested” five-publisher auction. The Treeclimber’s Guide to London by Jack Cooke can be read as “either a practical guide or a daydreamer’s handbook”. Publishing director Jack... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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