Footfall at shops across the UK fell over the Bank Holiday weekend, but several independent bookshops have reported an increase in sales, with more visitors than usual. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new children’s bookshop Small Print Books has opened in London's Forest Hill and took £2,300 on its opening day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones’ future ownership is said to be in doubt after the collapse of Russia's biggest private bank Otkritie, of which the chain’s owner Alexander Mamut was a major shareholder. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a crowded market for restorative and quaint lifestyle trends - often imported to the UK, and so little known - ikigai is the new kid on the block. Miriam Robinson reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An independent bookshop has opened in Halifax in a 240-year-old cloth trading hall, the city’s first dedicated bookstore for four years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although not quite the sensation of previous Robert Langdon thrillers, The Da Vinci Code author’s latest mystery sold 100,000 copies in its first week Dan Brown’s mastery of something like a code for bestsellers has returned to cheer UK booksellers, with more than 100,000 copies of his latest... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Digiday Publishing Summit, publisher executives shared mixed views on the pivot to video and its ability to provide meaningful revenue streams. The post Digiday Research: 80 percent of publishers will spend more on video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The nation's second largest bookstore chain is going exclusive with a debut cookbook by an Alabama food blogger as part of a holiday promotion running through the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Herefordshire's Aadvark Books, St Boswell's the Mainstreet Trading Company and Oswestry's Booka Bookshop are among the 10 destinations chosen to be showcased as "perfect bookshops for a date" on Bookshop Day (7th October). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has launched a singing competition to give bookshops the chance for author Matt Lucas to visit their shop. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three gold certifications and one platinum go to big-selling UK novelist Victoria Hislop by the Specsavers optical companyand Nielsen Book. The post ‘Perfect Holiday Read’ Author Victoria Hislop Given Four Specsavers Citations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former PFD broadcast and live events agent James Carroll is to join Diane Banks Associates as broadcast and brand licensing agent in December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients: Quick & Easy Food (Michael Joseph) has rustled up another week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 56,966 copies for £675,321 according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshops contribute £1.9bn to the UK economy every year and pay 11 times more corporation tax than Amazon, according to statistics published in a new report commissioned by the Booksellers Association. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Students at two and four year colleges are taking advantage of an increasingly competitive marketplace and turning to less expensive digital and rental print texts to save money on course materials. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two teachers are opening a bookshop in Lincolnshire this month with plans for an accompanying outreach programme to help pupils struggling with education. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A man has been sentenced following an "entirely unprovoked" hate crime victimising The Cricklewood Islamic Bookshop in North West London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Matt Haig’s How to Stop Time to Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, the empathetic literature inspired by a year of tragedies, political upheaval and economic uncertaintyA bruising year dominated by political and economic uncertainty, terrorism and tragedy has, publishers... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advances for psychological thrillers 'plateau' as agents fear market is becoming more crowded. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While fewer titles are selling in other genres, reading that offers a path to spiritual growth has risen 13% in 2017The UK’s “mindfulness mega-trend” shows no sign of running out of breath, with sales of “mind, body, spirit” books booming, against a background of slowing sales elsewhere on the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joe Wicks has claimed three spots on a ranking of Amazon’s top 10 bestselling print books, in a list dominated by non-fiction and lifestyle titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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