Kids sales fall for third year in a row

Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Mon, 09/05/2011 - 09:28 Publishers’ sales of children’s books fell by almost 7% during 2010, from 190m in 2009 to 177m in 2010, marking a third successive fall for the children’s market since 2007 when publishers’ sales stood at 212m units. The figures are reported in the Publishers’ Association Statistics Yearbook 2010 which analyses publishers’ sales, rather than sales through the consumer market. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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