NPD Projects US Print Book Unit Sales 17 Percent Above 2019

Year-to-date performance in the American book market is looking likely to converge with that of 202 at 8 percent, NPD Books reports. The post NPD Projects US Print Book Unit Sales 17 Percent Above 2019 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Harold Fry on Commonwealth Book Prize shortlist

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Breaking Digital Ground: E-books and Small Press Literary Publishers

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Judge Deals ‘Used’ E-book Market a Setback

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StorEbook reads children's books, even does the funny voices

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Fiction rules 2012 ebook sales

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Accent Press signs 10-book deal for Goodhind

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X Factor's Union J sign book deal

The boy band sign a publishing deal to be completed this autumn but have yet to release their first single. Continue reading at BBC News

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March/April Starred BlueInk Reviews of Self-published Books

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