Sales Weren't Pretty Last Week

Last year at this time, the Netflix series 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' gave a sales surge to the Jenny Han books that inspired it. With nothing comparable occurring last week, unit sales of print books plunged 25% in the young adult fiction category and fell 4.8% overall from last year. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Crains New York | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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