US print sales dip while audio booms by 25%

Print sales in America have reportedly dropped by 1.9% in the first half of 2019, with children's non-fiction the only major category to show uplift. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-17 15:07:25 UTC ]

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