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UK sales continue to fall
Book sales in the UK are continuing to look grim, with sales down about 10% on last year.
Is Japanese publishing in crisis?
According to the Japan Times, publishing in Japan is in a bad way, with a flood of new titles -- some 200 a day -- not stemming a shrinking market amid heavy discouting, falling sales and th...
US publishers report a 'sluggish' half-year
Worldwide sales at the five largest trade publishers in the US inched up only 0.5% in the first half of 2008, reports PW.
US book market flat
Figures from the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) show that US publishers sold 3.13 billion books last year, compared with 3.1 billion in 2006, an increase of just 0.9 percent.
UK book sales fall behind the rest of retail
Figures from the UK's Office of National Statistics show that book sales have fallen in comparison to other retail sectors during the last quarter.
Graphic novel sales 'up 12%' in the US and Canada
Sales of graphic novels in the US and Canada were US$375 million in 2007, a 12% rise from 2006 and quintuple the sales number from 2001.
UK publishing numbers up thanks to POD
The increased use of print-on-demand (PoD) is thought to be responsible for a rise in the number of new titles published in the UK last year rising by 36% on 2006.
Online sales now 20% of UK book sales
Online book sales in the UK now account for a fifth of the market by value, according to BML's Books and the Consumer survey. The value of purchases from internet retailers exceeded £400m in 200...
UK internet sales up 50% since 2006
Nearly one pound in every seven spent on consumer goods in 2007 was spent over the internet, a jump of more than 50% since 2006, new figures reveal.
WBN post-Xmas survey
WBN published the results of its post-Christmas survey as a Special Bulletin last Friday, showing that over 90% of those surveyed had an ‘excellent' or ‘good' Christmas. For th...
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