China’s Bestsellers for 2017: OpenBook Cites 14.55 Percent Market Growth

With figures from OpenBook's 'Reading X' conference earlier this month, we learn that online book sales in China grew 28.82 percent in 2017, year over year, and brick-and-mortar bookstores were seen to erase the previous year's modest losses. The post China’s Bestsellers for 2017: OpenBook Cites 14.55 Percent Market Growth appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Amazon Picks Up Market Share

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Ilex Press Enters U.S. Publishing Market

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Amazon.co.uk takes 21% of entertainment market

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Sharp growth in book sales at Waitrose

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Kobo to enter Italian market with Mondadori

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