Children’s titles still seeing volume growth

The children’s book market is continuing to outperform other sectors, with sales of children’s titles up 4.3% so far this year, against the wider print market that is slowing down. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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