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Over 14,000 local books published in 2007: survey
Australia is producing as many as 40% more local books each year than previous industry surveys have indicated, according to new analysis of 2007's publishing output to be published in the Septem...
UK indie publishers flourish
Independent publishing is looking healthy in the UK, with a record number of members joining the Independent Publishers Guild and ISBN allocations for small publishers up.
US e-book sales rise 24% in 2007
Stats produced for the International Digital Publishing Forum indicate that sales of e-books in the US rose by 24% in 2007, compared with 2006. The same report predicts that there will be 16 million r...
US bookstore sales up 1%
US bookstore sales for 2007 increased by a small 1.1% on 2006, helped along by a stronger second half of the year.
UK a nation of re-readers
A new survey has found that over 70% of readers in the UK revisit books they've enjoyed on first reading. The research quotes figures suggesting that readers return to favourite books not just on...
Another bad month for book sales in the US
US bookstore sales fell again in June, dropping 6.6%, to US$1.13 billion, according to preliminary estimates from the US Census Bureau. Sales have declined every month in the January through June peri...
Potter has limited effect on reading habits, says survey
According to US statistics, the percentage of children who read for fun continues to drop significantly as children get older, at almost exactly the same rate as before Harry Potter came alo...
WBN pre-Christmas survey
The WBN team will be hitting the phones later this week and early next to conduct our annual pre-Christmas survey. The survey will be published in the last WBN for the year, next Wednesday, 13 De...
Retail figures healthy, but business confidence shaky
While retail figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show slight growth has continued from July into August, the result of a National Australia Bank (NAB) business confidence sur...
In brief
Book and newspaper sales up 20.5% on 2007Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for September indicate books are bucking the flat national retail trend. While retail trade figures for the Septe...
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