Donaldson hits £10m for a record-breaking fifth straight year

Julia Donaldson has bested fellow bestsellers J K Rowling, Jamie Oliver and Dan Brown to become the only author to record annual sales of over £10m in five consecutive years. The Gruffalo creator sold almost £239,000 last week through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market, to bring her tally for 2014 to £10.02m on just under 2.09 million units. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPG membership hits 'record high'

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber records loss in latest financial year

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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