What effect did Super Thursday have on book sales, and how well did eight leading retailers and pundits fare in predicting the top titles of the year?• Readers turn over a new leaf as celebrity sales stutter• ‘Amazon-free’ Christmas campaign diverts reported £5m worth of sales from online retailer• Retailers’ predictions tracked through the autumnSuper Thursday, Black Friday, Panic Saturday, Cyber Monday: if you believe in the power of constructed celebrations of consumerism, almost every day of the week has been a major Christmas event this year. In particular, Black Friday – imported from the US this year as a major discounting day in the UK – promised a surge in Christmas sales.In an attempt to monitor the Christmas market, we asked seven leading UK retailers – which included large chains and independents – plus the industry journal the Bookseller to predict the season’s bestsellers, and we’ve been monitoring their predictions through the autumn. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many Arab book fairs have been a free space for publishers to sell titles banned in shops, but Kuwait has seen raised levels of censorship – turning the book trade into a risky businessArab book fairs are like a giant travelling circus; no sooner does one end than publishers are boxing up books,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Describe your role I’m a bookseller at Wenlock Books, an independent bookshop in Shropshire. My job includes running the shop, social media accounts and Children’s Book Club, organising events and meeting with reps. I also keep the website going by writing blog posts and book reviews,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caution evident in buying and selling of politically sensitive material amid fears of growing repression from mainland’s Communist partyThe 2016 Hong Kong book fair, the most important event in the city’s literary calendar, opened its doors on Wednesday to familiar long queues and hordes of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Different editions of Jojo Moyes's 'Me Before You' take three spots among the top 20 bestselling books for the first half of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller is to distribute an English and Chinese version of The Bookseller Daily at the Beijing International Book Fair in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gary J. Byrne's political exposé of the Clintons, 'Crisis of Character,' rocketed to the top of the iBooks Bestseller list for the week ended July 3, while Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel's 'Night' took the #5 slot, following the author's death on July 2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How the tie-in cookbook to the Emmy Award-winning animated series, which has sold more than 40,000 copies since it went on sale in March, came to be. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent booksellers called for more diversity in children’s books at an Inclusive Minds event, because their customers are asking for a greater range of ethnic diversity and family types in titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers report strong sales heading into summer, with the highly anticipated new Harry Potter book among the titles tipped to make it a busy season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The sad news of Muhammad Ali's death, which broke late last week, has resulted in publishers rushing to get their new Ali titles into stores, and a run on available backlist titles about the iconic boxer and activist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Australian Booksellers Association has joined with other members of the country's publishing industry to protest a government proposal to allow booksellers to import U.S. and U.K. books without restrictions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers have been criticised for not featuring books by black, Asian and minority ethnic authors prominently enough in their stores. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While there are always plenty of big books and authors from major publishers at BEA, in talking to frontline booksellers and librarians we found a lot of interest in books from smaller houses as well. Here we present a sampling of the books that especially caught the eyes of conventiongoers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bookseller will sell limited-edition, exclusive versions of graphic novels with variant covers at its stores around the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Epic novel, whose length has long discouraged readers, has made it on to the Bookseller’s top 50 after the BBC’s acclaimed new adaptationBritain is racing to address the fact that only 4% of Britons have read War and Peace, with Leo Tolstoy’s doorstopping epic entering the UK’s book charts for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Check out PW’s new monthly Religion Fiction and Nonfiction Bestseller charts and find out more about the books that made the lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What will independent booksellers be handselling this season? We spoke with 12 booksellers throughout North America who are looking forward to pushing everything from buzzed-about debuts and under-the-radar experimental novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New study reveals Julia Donaldson, David Walliams and JK Rowling lead the top 1% of authors, who account for nearly a third of all UK book salesThe gap between publishing’s rich and poor continues to widen, as figures from Nielsen BookScan reveal that the top 50 authors account for more than 13%... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller has expanded its industry awards, with the 2016 ceremony to celebrate the books of the year as well as the wider trade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five book industry organizations issued a statement expressing "extreme concern” about the mysterious disappearance of five employees of a Hong Kong publishing and bookselling company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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