Book sales spring back after Royal Wedding week

Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Tue, 10/05/2011 - 15:50 Book sales bounced back after a dire seven days in the week of the Royal Wedding in which physical book sales plummeted to an eight-year low. According to Nielsen BookScan data, spending in the seven days to 7th May was up 11.9% (£2.5m) week-on-week to £23.2m, but sales were nonetheless down 8.9% (£2.3m) on the same week last year. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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