With books delayed by the pandemic reaching shops alongside other titles aimed at the Christmas market, the trade has seen sales boomBooksellers up and down the UK are reporting a boom in sales since readers returned to bookshops after the lockdown, with the first avalanche of Christmas titles giving them their best first week of September since records began.New books from authors including Richard Osman, Elena Ferrante and Raynor Winn helped last week, with 590 hardbacks published on 3 September, dubbed “Super Thursday”. Many of the bestselling titles had been delayed from earlier in the year due to the coronavirus. Trade magazine the Bookseller said it was the best first week of September on record, with the books market making £33.6m over the week to 5 September, an increase of 11.1% on the previous seven days. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2020-09-11 12:40:19 UTC ]
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An erotic novel has become Penguin's most successful ever ebook in terms of weekly sales,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Easypress Technologies, a book production software developer, is launching Book Publishing in the Cloud, a new technology platform it claims can cut the costs and time required to produce print and digital titles by as much as 50%. The new service is said to allow publishers to produce even more... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J K Rowling's The Casual Vacancy has become "the fastest-selling book in the UK in three... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Given the state of flux in the book world, it can be dangerous to predict industry sales trends, but the private investment banking firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson has done just that in its latest annual report, the “VSS Communications Industry Forecast (2012–16).” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble will release its self-publishing platform PubIt in the UK following the launch... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Select Committee Report into library closures will not be released until the end of October... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Government-appointed panel to consider what role can ebooks play in our libraries in future. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2012-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Patrick Harris, multi-hyphenate entertainer, will release a memoir in 2014 about his career so far. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Edinburgh Bookshop is changing hands after five years so that founders Vanessa and Malcolm... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of digital books show impressive signs of growth, but some booksellers still face an uncertain future. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Kindle Fire tablet and Kindle Fire HD are available to order through Waterstones, the chain... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James enthusiasts began queuing outside Waterstones’ flagship Piccadilly store from 8am... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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Razorbill, the teenage imprint of Penguin Children's, has done the first English language... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Singularity & Co aims to rescue near-extinct 20th century sci-fi titles to ensure they still exist in the next one. Established from a Kickstarter campaign, the small team has already digitized and published A Plunge Into Space and The Torch, both with new cover art, while its third title... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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The "spectacular" publishing success of the Fifty Shades trilogy has driven record half... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The success of 'Harry Potter, 'Twilight' and other has created a halo effect for the entire genre. And kids aren't the only ones doing it.For years, the book industry has been mired in debates about the plight of independent booksellers, the rise of Amazon and the fate of print as it struggles... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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Random House parent company Bertelsmann has called a report surfacing in the German media that it... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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