E L James has become only the 12th writer to score sales of 10m or more since official sales... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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November bookstore sales fell 2.5%, to $736 million from $755 million in November 2013, according to preliminary estimates released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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As HarperCollins' integration of Harlequin moves forward, HC announced that it will be making Harlequin UK (HUK) a division of its U.K. business, while in North America it will align HC's and Harlequin's sales forces. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comedian David Walliams led the sales of children's books in the UK last year, generating more than £7m in 2014. Continue reading at BBC News
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New figures from Nielsen BookScan show continuing decline since 2009 as more and more readers migrate to ebooksPrint sales of adult fiction have declined by over £150m since 2009, new figures show, as ebooks take an increasingly large bite out of the market.A review of 2014 from book sales... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Mark Zuckerberg’s selection of The End of Power by Moisés Naím sparks ‘seismic change’ in the book’s fortunes, with 18 months’ sales outstripped in daysHow to be a winner: the books that inspire Mark Zuckerberg and other high flyersWhy would Mark Zuckerberg recommend The End of Power? Facebook... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Barnes & Noble Inc. said Thursday that a key sales measure rose 1.7% during the holiday season as sales of physical books continued to stabilize. The news sent shares rising 4.6% in premarket... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the nine week period ended January 3, 2015, sales through Barnes & Noble's retail physical stores plus BN.com rose 0.2%, hitting $1.1 billion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Books-A-Million reported that total sales for the nine week period ended January 3, 2015 were $129.2 million, an increase of 1.1% over the same period a year ago. Comparable store sales rose 1.2%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Third party sellers accounted for more than 40% of all items sold on Amazon in 2014, the online retailer has revealed. There are currently more than two million vendors on the online retail site, who sold more than two billion items worldwide last year, including books, clothing and other... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Zuckerberg wrote that he's resolved to read more new books and is inviting Facebook users to join in. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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In 2014 the number of titles available via Smashwords grew to more than 300,000, and the site now distributes more than 100,000 authors and indie presses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's going to be tough for Mark Zuckerberg to break his New Year's resolution this year. He's got more than 130,000 people to keep him accountable. The post Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year’s Resolution: Start a Worldwide Book Club appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Anonymous campaigners hand-deliver giant Christmas card to online retailer’s UK headquarters and call for company to pay workers a living wageDisenchanted shoppers have taken over £5m worth of business away from Amazon this Christmas in protest at the internet retailer’s business... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A trio of international publishing sales executives reflect on the different attitudes toward book pricing across the world, wondering what the future holds. The post Publishing Sales Execs Consider the Future of Book Pricing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK saw huge growth in profits for the year ended June 30th 2014, despite a fall in turnover for the company. The company's annual results have also revealed that former c.e.o. Victoria Barnsley received £1.39m when she left the company. Turnover at the publisher fell on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Penguin Random House UK has announced a series of appointments in a restructure across its sales teams, with new roles for Martin Higgins, Helen Randles and Sarah Roscoe among them. Also among the changes is a new sales director for Benelux, Germany, France and Austria, following the decision of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House in the UK and in the US are today (17th December) announcing new international sales-leadership structures for continental Europe. PRH US’s Cyrus Kheradi, s.v.p., director, international sales and marketing, has named Anke Reichelt as regional sales director for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2014 has been a good year for French publishers with strong foreign rights sales of several titles, including Nobel Prize-winner Patrick Modiano's novel. The post Strong Foreign Rights Sales for 2014 French Bestsellers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Smith, the founder and former c.e.o. of Quercus, is to join Bonnier Publishing as c.e.o. of its fiction department. Smith left Quercus after the formerly independent publisher was bought by Hachette UK’s Hodder & Stoughton earlier this year. He will now become c.e.o. of Bonnier... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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