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UK physical book sales slump £12 million in October
Printed book sales in the UK during October slumped 8% year-on-year, or £12 million by value, due largely to poor sales within the paperback fiction and biographies/memoirs sectors, Nielsen Bo...
UK to be focus country at Abu Dhabi Book Fair
The UK will be the focus country at the 2012 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, which will run from 28 March to 2 April next year at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
ACCC, OFT clear Amazon acquisition of the Book Depository
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the UK Office of Fair trading (OFT) have declared that they will not oppose Amazon's proposed acquisition of UK-based online book retailer...
Google launches ebook store in UK; Kindle store goes live in France
The expansion of global players into the ebook market continues, with Google Ebooks now live in the UK and an Amazon Kindle store operating in France.
UK indie booksellers call on goverment to fix prices
The UK's independent booksellers say the government should step in to fix the price of books after the Booksellers Association called on the government to do more to maintain bookshops on the high s...
UK Booksellers Association calls for government help
The UK's high street bookshops need help from the government if their presence there is to continue, the CEO. of the UK Booksellers Association has said. Tim Godfray called on the government to gi...
OFT expects decision on Amazon/Book Depository merger in late October
The UK's Office of Fair Trading has said it now expects to announce its decision on the Amazon takeover of The Book Depository by late October.
Amazon to introduce 'pick-up lockers' in UK
Amazon UK is set to launch pick-up lockers in shopping centres for customers who find home delivery inconvenient.
2000 bookshops have closed in the UK in six years
Heavy discounting by supermarkets, the rise of internet retailers and the growing popularity of e-readers such as the Kindle have forced nearly 2000 bookshops to close in the UK since 2005. Ther...
UK print book sales slump 4% month-on-month
Spending on printed books in the UK slumped 4% in August, with sales slumping to a seven-year low for the month, according to Nielsen BookScan data.
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