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APA urges publishers to participate in new industry-wide survey
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced it is partnering with the University of Melbourne Book Industry Study and Thorpe-Bowker to undertake ‘an online survey of publishi...
Students turn to e-books
A new international survey of over 6500 tertiary students shows that they are increasingly using e-books and other digital reference sources for research and other assignments.
Kids still read for fun, teens less so
A new report released by Scholastic in the US corroborates the findings of the company's 2006 report on children's reading habits, finding that pleasure reading in children begins to decline at age ei...
82% of book buyers prefer print, and most judge books by their covers
New research in the US commissioned by Random House has shown that82% of respondents prefer printed books to any new technology alternativesmost book buyers go into a bookshop with an intended purchas...
Covers matter
A third of British adults think the look of a book cover is important to them when buying books, according to a new survey from Book Marketing Limited.
Retail displays the main factor in book choice
Retail displays and media coverage have overtaken word-of-mouth buzz as the main drivers for book sales, according to new research commissioned in the UK by The Bookseller. The research found that mor...
Narnia 'best kids' book of all time'
C S Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has topped a list of 'the best children's books of all time' according to a new survey in the UK. The list was heavy with classic titles, relegating Har...
Frankfurt survey points to a digital future
A survey of over 1300 international booktrade professionals conducted by the Frankfurt Book Fair has revealed that over half think that digitisation is the greatest challenge the book industry will fa...
University of Melbourne Book Industry Study: still time to participate!
The University of Melbourne Book Industry Study, supported by the APA and Thorpe-Bowker, is now well underway and has seen strong participation by publishers from all sectors. ‘Thanks to all tho...
Gossip mags and Anne Frank: what young Brits are reading
Young Britons like to read celebrity gossip magazines, Harry Potter and Anne Frank's diary, but 'loathe' books of over 100 pages and Shakespeare, accoring to a new survey.
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