Print Units Jumped 11% in Mid-May

The release of Suzanne Collins’s prequel to her Hunger Games series in the week ended May 23, 2020, drove up unit sales of print books by 11.1% over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow releases print edition of children's coronavirus book

Nosy Crow is to release a new print edition of Coronavirus: A Book for Children About Covid-19, following high demand for the digital version. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-23 07:39:44 UTC ]
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Meredith Brings Print Subscriptions Back to Traditional Home

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[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-20 19:24:27 UTC ]
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Meredith Brings Print Subscriptions Back to Traditional Home

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US Book Market: NPD Sees Unit Sales Up 2.8 Percent in Q2

Politically related biography and memoir gained, and children's print gained 12 percent over the second quarter of 2019 in unit sales. The post US Book Market: NPD Sees Unit Sales Up 2.8 Percent in Q2 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-20 17:15:16 UTC ]
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Print market volumes up 18% year on year since bookshops reopened

Bookshops reopening since lockdown restrictions eased have boosted the market 18% in volume against the same period in 2019, with 14.6 million books sold since shop doors opened. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 09:17:49 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs Bergdorf for six figures after 11-way auction

Bloomsbury has won an 11-way auction to publish the first book by model, activist and writer Munroe Bergdorf. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 03:05:04 UTC ]
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Walliams still in top spot, as print sales surge continues

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-14 01:48:14 UTC ]
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Make sure mid-tier titles aren't lost in packed autumn, Fry warns

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 17:47:50 UTC ]
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Ingram Upgrades Printing, Shipping Networks

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales fell 11% year-on-year in second quarter, Nielsen estimates

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-05 21:42:39 UTC ]
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‘Union’ tells the origin story of the United States through 19th-century voices

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Print Sales Enjoy an Unexpected High

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How The Local’s Nine News Sites Tweaked Their Way to 11,000 New Paying Members During the Pandemic

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-17 19:30:22 UTC ]
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‘Miss Iceland’ is an exquisitely detailed portrait of mid-century life in Iceland

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Missouri Newspaper Publisher Resigns After Printing Racist Cartoon

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