Comics Retailers Are Optimistic Despite Market Changes, Sales Declines

Despite a disappointing 2017, comics retailers attending the annual Diamond Retailers Summit in Chicago were optimistic about 2018, and expect new retail services and forthcoming titles to drive sales in the second half of the year. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indigo Sees 16% Sales Hike in Second Quarter

Indigo Books & Music reported revenue of C$238.8 million in the period ended October 2, 2021, a 16% hike over the same period in 2020. With the increase in revenue, Indigo reported net earnings in the period of C$3.5 million, compared with a net loss of C$17.5 million a year ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic's Forrest joins Pan Mac as head of marketing

Atlantic marketing director Jamie Forrest will join Pan Macmillan next month as head of marketing for the Pan division, incorporating the Pan, Macmillan, Tor and Mantle imprints.    Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-10 03:48:17 UTC ]
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“People Wanted Stories About How Hard It Was to Be a Woman.” Marlowe Granados on Resisting Market Trends

Marlowe Granados is the guest. Her debut novel, Happy Hour, is out now from Verso Books. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts!  From the episode: Marlowe Granados: I think that you have to wait a little bit for the correct timing. That was my main gripe with the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-09 09:50:34 UTC ]
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Cosy crime expands market for dark thrillers with both booming, editors and agents say

Cosy crime has boomed in the last year but there is still space for the psychological thriller, according to agents and editors, who describe a general appetite for crime and escapism that has flourished under lockdown.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 15:43:41 UTC ]
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Living in a Booktopia: Nash reveals how his retail start-up grew to defy Amazon

Booktopia co-founder and c.e.o. Tony Nash, who will be interviewed as part of this year’s FutureBook Conference, discusses how he spotted a gap in the online retail marketplace, and helped Australian publishers resist Amazon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 10:37:03 UTC ]
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Sutanto wins £3,000 CWIP Prize with debut 'crackling with comic energy'

Debut author Jesse Sutanto has won the CWIP Prize for Published Comic Novel, for her "deliciously frantic comedy caper" Dial A for Aunties (HarperCollins), with Dolly Alderton coming runner-up. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 09:52:15 UTC ]
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Image Comics Moves to Hold Union Vote

Image Comics has declined a request by union organizers to voluntarily recognize Comic Book Workers United, an effort to unionize the independent comics publisher, and has moved to hold a vote to determine whether the CBWU will represent eligible Image staff. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Book Sales Rose 12% Last Week

In another indication that consumers may be doing their holiday shopping early, unit sales of print books rose 12% last week over 2020. All major categories had increases. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Image Comics Staff Launches Effort to Unionize

In an unprecedented effort at labor organizing in the comics industry, a group of 10 staffers at Image Comics, a major independent comics publisher, have announced plans to launch a union. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Data and AI Bring Moneyball Methods to Level the Sports Marketing Playing Field

About 20 years ago, Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane used data and statistics to help his low-revenue team keep pace with wealthier competitors, making for a stronger roster. The resulting success inspired Michael Lewis' bestselling book Moneyball, which in turn led to Brad Pitt... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2021-11-01 21:30:00 UTC ]
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Lockwood leads the Booker shortlist on sales ahead of announcement

With days to go before the winner is announced, Patricia Lockwood’s No One is Talking About This (Bloomsbury Circus) leads the Booker Prize shortlist in sales terms, though all six nominated titles have sold within 5,000 copies of each other outside of lockdown periods. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-31 21:25:54 UTC ]
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Are Customers Shopping Early? Unit Sales Rose 7% Last Week

With all segments except adult nonfiction posting gains, unit sales of print books rose 7% last week over the week ended October 24, 2020. The increase could indicate that consumers are heeding warnings that they should buy holiday gifts early to avoid missing out on items due to shortages... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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HBG Sales Fell 9% in Q3

Third quarter sales fell 9% at Hachette Book Group for the period ended August 31, 2021, contributing to a 1.2% drop in total sales for Lagardère's publishing group. Despite the quarterly decline, sales for the first nine months of 2021 were up 9% over a year ago for the entire publishing division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK revenues fall 3% in third quarter but Shelley hails 'extremely strong' sales

Hachette UK saw its revenues fall 3% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same period last year, although c.e.o. David Shelley said sales were still “extremely strong" and ahead of forecasts, with increased market share. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 21:59:40 UTC ]
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Newton hails record first-half profits and sales at Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has reported record sales of £100.7m in its interim half-year results with profit growth up by 220%, something c.e.o. Nigel Newton has attributed partly to continued lockdown reading habits and the “phenomenal” impact of TikTok.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 14:20:32 UTC ]
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Nielsen begins rating college sports teams on marketing potential

The Nielsen Impact Score is meant to help schools recruit players who can now make money off endorsement deals under ‘NIL.’  Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2021-10-26 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Saqi Books launches marketing campaign to reach non-traditional readers

Publisher Saqi Books is working with the Reading Agency to provide samples of its new title, Rise, to less confident and reluctant readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-25 18:43:56 UTC ]
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Germany's Thalia reports sales uplift, but profits suffer

German book chain Thalia has come through the pandemic in better shape than expected with sales up 7% to more than €1.1bn (approximately £928m) in the 12 months to 30th September in Germany and Austria. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-22 15:52:53 UTC ]
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Print Sales Up 2.7% in Mid-October

Unit sales of print books rose 2.7% for the week ended Oct. 16, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Sales Prognosis: Good 2021, Uncertain 2022

Book sales should finish 2021 on a good note, but a number of factors could mean softer sales in early 2022, NPD BookScan noted during a webinar on third-quarter sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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