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German book sales down 7.5% in 2009
Excluding the contribution of Stephenie Meyer, book sales in Germany fell 7.5% in 2009.
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Leading Edge ConferenceThe Leading Edge Books National Conference will be held this weekend, 6-8 March, in Hobart. Over 80 independent booksellers will be attending, and many publishers and authors wi...
US book sales fall 3%
According to BookSca, unit sales of books in the US outlets it monitrs fell by 3% in 2009.
UK book sales slump
Despite big sales for Dan Brown, overall figures show that UK book market is in decline, down 6.4% week on week and down 3.2% year on year.
Bowker consumer study shows that women buy most books and Gen X buy online
A new report on US consumer behaviours from Bowker has shown that:57 percent of book buyers are women, yet women purchase 65 percent of the books sold in the US.Mystery books are the most popular genr...
Stephenie Meyer worth £12 million to struggling UK trade
While the UK's total book market has fallen by 1.3% year-on-year, the bright spot is thedominance of Stpehanie Meyer, worth an estimated £12 million in the first half of 2009.
Audio downloads grow as CD sales fall
While the sale of audiobooks on CD has fallen in the past year, sales of audio downloads are up 4% in the last year in the US
US bookstore sales fall again
US bookstore sales fell 2.6% in April, to US$969 million. Bookstore sales have fallen every month this year and the April decline was slightly higher than the 1.4% drop reported in March. Through the ...
Audiobook sales drop dramatically
As all sectors of the US market bar ebooks decline, audio seems to be hardest hit, with the Association of American Publishers reporting a 47 percent drop in audio revenue this year.
US book sales predicted to dip
Total book sales in the US are projected to dip 0.5% in 2009, to US$35.04 billion, according to the PW/IPR Book Sales Index, a new report co-authored by Publishers Weekly and the Institute for Publish...
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