Looking for the Right Number

One of the first hot-button issues confronting publishers in what will be one of the most unpredictable fall and holiday selling seasons in years is what the correct first printings should be for lead frontlist titles, given the growth of ebook sales and the decline of print. With units of print sales down 10.2% in the first half of 2011, according to Nielsen BookScan figures reported in PW last week, the question for the fall is not if first printings will be cut, but rather by how much. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bad Dad motors into number one spot as Walliams' fastest seller

David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins Children's) has screeched into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 92,667 copies for £559,227. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Weekly E-Ranking: La Belle Sauvage becomes first children's number one

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Pullman claims first number one with La Belle Sauvage

Philip Pullman’s La Belle Sauvage (Penguin and David Fickling), the first title in his His Dark Materials “equel” The Book of Dust, has crashed into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Five goes fourth: Jamie Oliver serves up 60th number one

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Five alive: Jamie Oliver spends third week at number one

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