Weekly E-Ranking: Twice in a Blue Moon for Child

Contrary to its namesake, Lee Child's Blue Moon appeared twice in the week ending 2nd November; the title topped the Nielsen BookScan charts in hardback format, and the e-book edition stormed to the top of the Weekly E-Book Ranking. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Child and Hawkins dominate library loans

Lee Child's Night School (Bantam) tops the LibScan lending chart for the year to date, with a whopping 17,537 loans between January and July. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Child, Children’s and Crime keep TCM afloat in first half

A rise in selling prices has seen Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market grow again in the first half of 2017, underpinned by strength in depth. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Milo Yiannopoulos labels low sales figures of Dangerous memoir 'fake news'

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Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond dies aged 91

Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond died at home yesterday aged 91 following a short illness, his publisher has said. Described as “a giant of children’s literature” by HarperCollins, which published him for over 60 years, Bond's first book, A Bear Called Paddington, was released in 1958.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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The Clever Guts Diet smarts its way into the top spot

Michael Mosley and Tanya Borowski’s The Clever Guts Diet (Short) has bowel’d into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 19,302 copies for £101,156 according to Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market, and denying Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water (Doubleday) a third week at the top. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Into the Water dives in for a second week at number one

Paula Hawkins’ Into the Water (Doubleday) has held the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week running, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Third week at number one for Lee Child's 'Night School'

Lee Child's Night School (Bantam) has racked up a third non-consecutive week as the UK Official Top 50 number one, the veteran crime author's joint longest-ever run in the overall top spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Lee Child's Night School boomerangs back into the chart top spot

Lee Child has reclaimed his UK Official Top 50 number one, as Night School (Bantam) boomeranged back into the top spot, displacing Star Wars: Rogue One (Egmont). Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Star Wars: Rogue One rockets into the top spot

Matt Forbeck’s Star Wars: Rogue One (Egmont) has knocked Lee Child’s Night School (Bantam) off the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, shifting a stellar 57,949 copies according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Child, Rankin and McDermid longlisted for Theakston crime novel award

Lee Child, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid have all been longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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'Night School' takes Lee Child to 16th number one

Lee Child has tussled his way into the Official UK Top 50 number one spot for a 16th time, with Night School (Bantam) shifting 36,151 copies for £144,387, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blob bounces to third week at top of charts

David Walliams’ Blob (HarperCollins Children's) has conquered the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a third week running, selling 56,015 copies, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Blob breaks WBD records for a Walliams personal best

David Walliams has racked up the best single week of sales ever for a (single) World Book Day title, with Blob (HarperCollins Children's) soaring 449% in volume week on week to shift 103,571 copies, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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New Sally Green trilogy to PRH Children's

Penguin Random House Children's is to publish a new YA series from Sally Green, whose Half Bad trilogy has sold in 51 territories and shifted over 66,500 copies in the UK via Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Rankin, Hannah and Cleeves among first CrimeFest anthology contributors

Crime fiction festival CrimeFest will release an anthology of short stories next year to mark its 10th anniversary, with new stories from contributors including Ian Rankin, Lee Child, Sophie Hannah and Ann Cleeves. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Trade hails Waterstones Childrens Book of the Month impact

Sales of books included in Waterstones‘ Children’s Book of the Month promotion in 2016 totalled 327,854 units through Nielsen BookScan, demonstrating the retailer’s influence in shaping the market for Middle Grade titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Out of Bounds trespasses into second week at number one

Val McDermid’s Out of Bounds (Sphere) has maintained a steely grip on the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, topping the charts for a second week in a row, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Out of Bounds bounds out to clinch McDermid's first number one

Val McDermid has bounced straight into the UK Official number one spot with Out of Bounds (Sphere), shifting 13,310 copies for £53,483 according to Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Weekly E-Ranking: new year but no change at top of chart

The top three ebooks in the seven days to 7th January held firm from the list covering the previous week, with Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train steaming into its 16th week at the top; Lee Child’s Night School chalking up a fifth week in the runner-up position; and Jeffrey Archer’s This was a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Joe Wicks's Lean in 15 books earn fattest sales of any British diet plan

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