Sales of Adult Titles Up, Slightly, in April

According to figures from the AAP's Statshot Program, adult sales climbed a tiny 0.1% in the month, over the same period last year, while sales of children's books for the period were up 12.8%. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iPhone, Mac and App sales fuel Apple profits

Apple has recorded a quarterly net profit of £18bn for its first fiscal quarter, said to be the biggest ever for a public company. The company’s results, for the quarter ending 27th December 2014, also showed quarterly revenue of £74.6bn, up 29% from $57.6bn in the same period the year... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales up 3.5% as Burton retains Chart top spot

After three weeks of declines at the start of 2015, the print book market has bounced back, with sales up 3.5% week-on-week and tills ringing in £23.2m across 2.9m book sales. In the seven days ending 24th January, sales jumped 3.5% with book buyers spending just over £794,000 more last week... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Merritt Bookstore for Sale

The Millbrook, N.Y., bookstore, toy store, and art gallery, which opened on New Year’s Day 1988, is the latest indie to go on the market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National's sales slump but Newsquest eyes general election fillip

Sales of Scotland’s first pro-independence daily paper falls to 15,000 – a quarter that of launch edition – but publishing group remains committed to investing in the titleSales of the National have fallen below 20,000 as the novelty of Scotland’s first pro-independence daily newspaper appears... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WHS High Street sales down 5%

WH Smith has released its interim results covering the Christmas period, revealing that group sales were down 2% like-for-like. As usual, WH Smith Travel performed better than its High Street stores, with like-for-like sales up 2% and total sales up 7%, with particular improvements at large... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont USA to Close After Sale Attempt Falls Through

Egmont Publishing, which put its U.S. division up for sale in October, has announced plans to close the unit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Drives October Sales Gains

Led by strong gains in print formats, sales of adult trade books rose 10.9% in October over October 2013, while sales of children/young adult sales increased 16.5%, according to figures released in AAP’s monthly StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library cuts and falls in printed book sales | Letters

Has the editor of The Bookseller compared the fall of print sales of adult fiction since 2009 by more than £150m with the massively declined budgets of public libraries over the same five-year period (The writing’s on the wall for adult fiction in print, 14 January). This is also conditioned by... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Hebdo goes on sale in Britain with long queues outside newsagents

Hundreds of Britons queue overnight to buy first copies of satirical weekly to be published since last week’s Paris attacks• Charlie Hebdo ‘survivors’ issue reviewedHundreds of people queued for hours outside newsagents and bookshops across the UK to buy copies of the first issue of Charlie... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Folding Harlequin U.K. Into London Operation; Aligning NA Sales Forces

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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November Bookstore Sales Dropped 2.5%

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

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams leads UK book sales

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

[ BBC News | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of printed books fall by more than £150m in five years

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

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan titles come to Oyster and Scribd's ebook subscription services

Knock another major publisher off the list of holdouts for ebook subscription services. Oyster announced Tuesday morning that it had reached an agreement with Macmillan to bring 1,000 titles from the publisher and its imprints to Oyster's Netflix-like offering.UPDATE: After this article was... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams pens Comic Relief title

Bestselling author David Walliams has written an exclusive picture book for Comic Relief. The Queen’s Orang-Utan will be published byHarperCollins Children’s Books on the 26th February, ahead of Red Nose Day on the 13th March, for £4.99. All of the profits, which will amount to at least £3 from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont acquires Julia Golding title

Egmont has acquired Mel Foster and the Demon Butler, a middle grade adventure story set in Victorian London, by Julia Golding. Fiction publisher Stella Paskins acquired the world English rights from Caroline Walsh at David Higham Associates. The book, which is about an orphan who takes on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook founder’s book club choice sends sales rocketing

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

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Store Holiday Sales Rose at B&N

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

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble holiday sales edge up

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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Waterstones' core Christmas sales up 5%

Waterstones’ core Christmas sales were up over 5% year-on-year but overall revenue was hit by lower sales of Kindle devices. The chain bookseller’s m.d, James Daunt, said the company had a “solid” Christmas and was pleased with sales of books, stationery and toys, with new stores in the estate... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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