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 performing particularly well. But the bookseller’s bottom line was hit by the lack of sales of Kindle e-readers and tablet devices this year in comparison to 2013. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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BiblioBoard: New Sales Channel for Digital Content

Created by the founders of BookSurge, the print-on-demand vendor acquired by Amazon, BiblioBoard is a new app and e-publishing platform that offers a library of public domain content bundled into subject category anthologies. The BiblioBoard app offers these BiblioLife anthologies at different... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Argos sees return to sales growth

Argos returns to sales growth, led by the popularity of tablet computers and ebook readers, says owner Home Retail Group. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones delays head office move

Waterstones is to delay its head office move from Brentford to its flagship London Piccadilly... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US sales plunge most in biggest markets

The top US regional book markets have seen print sales drop year on year at a far greater rate... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ReKiosk Tries an Indie Online Sales Model

Aziz Isham did not intend to get into retailing. Instead, ReKiosk, the online storefront he cofounded that started up last week—it currently offers only music and books—came out of conversations he had been having with independent publishers. All of them, he said, expressed frustration over the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James breaks another sales record

E L James has broken J K Rowling's annual sales record as she begins a sixth month at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales rise at Profile

Profile has announced a sales hike of 23% for the year to end March 2012, with an operating... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Autumn Book Club titles revealed

Titles from publishers Hachette and Random House feature strongly on the Waterstones Book Club... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK and Commonwealth sees 8% sales drop in first half

Hachette UK is looking to exceptionally strong autumn publishing after recording an 8% sales drop... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First UK Nook Christmas could see digital 'step change'

Analysts have predicted that this Christmas could herald a "real step change" for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New stock focus boosts HMV book sales

HMV has seen a 16% rise in book sales year on year after refocusing its core offer back onto... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith reports high street book sales increase

W H Smith has announced that it expects full-year results to be at the top end of market... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Erotica boom affects genre sales

The recent boom in sales of erotic fiction is "cannibalising" the rest of the UK book market, trade magazine The Bookseller says. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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