Book publicity in the TikTok age: What moves the needle now?
Date: 6 March 2024Category: Features
With the consolidation of print reviews that appear in some of Australia’s key newspapers and a reduction in the number that appear in others, how much effort should publishers expend... Read more
How international markets performed in 2023
Date: 7 February 2024Category: Features
In the US, a fall of 'only' 2.6% in unit sales was a relief, while many European markets achieved modest growth despite falling volume sales, thanks to price increases. In... Read more
Authenticity, truth, wonder: Australian children’s and young adult titles at Frankfurt
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian feature
Picture books Allen & Unwin is showcasing Footprint by Phil Cummings (March 2024), a lyrical picture book that ‘empowers children to think about the natural environment in a mindful and... Read more
US market sales up 1.2% in first half of 2023
Date: 23 August 2023Category:
According to the Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) latest StatShot report, the US publishing industry’s revenues were up 1.2% in the first half of 2023, thanks largely to growth in... Read more
US publishing sales up 3.2% in first quarter
Date: 8 June 2023Category: International news
In the US, total publishing industry sales rose 3.2% in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year, reports Publishers Weekly. According to the AAP’s StatShot... Read more
US publishing sales down 6.4%: AAP
Date: 27 February 2023Category: International news
US publishers’ sales fell 6.4% in 2022, according to the latest data from the Association of American Publisher’s StatShot program, reports Publishers Weekly. Sales totalled US$12.6 billion (A$18.7b) from the 1372 publishers... Read more
US market sales down 1.6% in first half of 2022
Date: 19 August 2022Category: International news
According to the Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) latest StatShot report, the US publishing industry’s revenues were down 1.6% in the first half of 2022, with trade sales flat over... Read more
How international book markets performed in 2021
Date: 23 February 2022Category: Features
Through the PubMagNet initiative, a collaboration between book industry trade magazines from around the world, representatives from publications in Italy, Spain, the UK, Russia, Norway and the German-language markets have... Read more
US publishing sales up 12%: AAP
Date: 27 January 2022Category: International news
US publishers have recorded a 12.2% increase in sales for 2021, according to the latest data from the Association of American Publisher’s StatShot program, reports Publishers Weekly. Sales from the... Read more
UK book sales down 11% for first half
Date: 16 November 2020Category: International news
In the UK, stats from the Publishers Association (PA) show that total book sales across the industry fell 11% in the first six months of the year, reports the Bookseller.... Read more
US publishing sales down 4.2% in first half of 2020
Date: 20 August 2020Category: International news
According to the Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) latest StatShot report, the US publishing industry’s revenues were down 4.2% in the first half of 2020, although trade sales were up... Read more
US publishing sales down 16% in April
Date: 12 June 2020Category: International news
In the US, total publishing sales fell 16% in April compared to the same month in 2019 according to the AAP’s Statshot program, reports Publishers Weekly. The drop in total... Read more
US publishers’ sales up 1.8% in 2019: StatShot
Date: 11 March 2020Category: International news
In the US, estimates from the Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) StatShot program show that US publishers’ sales totalled US$14.7 billion (A$22.6b) in 2019, up 1.8% on the previous year,... Read more
Hardie Grant staff to negotiate EBA, Cox to leave Dymocks and more
Date: 19 February 2020Category: This week’s news
Hardie Grant staff are going to enter negotiations for an EBA with their employer. Once achieved, it will be the second union-negotiated EBA in Australian publishing history, after PRH staff’s... Read more
Diversity in UK publishing: what’s changed?
Date: 7 November 2019Category: Features
In 2017 BookBrunch feature writer Julie Vuong reported on the UK book industry’s efforts to encourage diversity. Two years on, she considers the industry’s progress. Here we are: two years... Read more
Stella Count 2018: ‘Sustained and significant advances in the representation of women authors’
Date: 19 September 2019Category: Local news
US book market contracts slightly for fifth year in a row
Date: 25 June 2019Category: International news
US trade segment increased by 4.6% in 2018
Date: 14 February 2019Category: International news
Attendance up at SPN conference 2018, ‘incredibly positive’ response
Date: 5 December 2018Category: Conferences Features
For love or money: employment in the Australian publishing industry in 2018
Date: 21 November 2018Category: Features Magazine feature story
China: book copyright imports, exports up; millions of pirated books confiscated
Date: 14 August 2018Category: International news
US adult book and university press sales up; audio sales grow significantly
Date: 10 May 2018Category: International news
Podcast spotlight: Better Reading Podcast
Date: 18 April 2018Category: Features
Podcast spotlight: The Readings Podcast
Date: 28 March 2018Category: Features
Adult sales up, kids sales down in US
Date: 12 February 2018Category: International news Junior
Australian public library stats report for 2015-16 released
Date: 13 December 2017Category: Library news
Book blogger spotlight: Lectito
Date: 23 August 2017Category: Daily Newsletter Feature Features
Book blogger spotlight: Readers in Wonderland
Date: 24 May 2017Category: Daily Newsletter Feature Features
Over 200 booksellers, publishers attend standalone Leading Edge Books conference
Date: 22 March 2017Category: Conferences Local news
Australian public library stats report released
Date: 1 March 2017Category: Library news
US publishing industry generated estimated $36.4 billion in revenue in 2015
Date: 18 July 2016Category: International news
US publisher revenue down 2.6% in 2015
Date: 28 April 2016Category: International news
Australian public library stats report released
Date: 30 September 2015Category: Library news
Big publishers’ ebook revenue falls following Amazon pricing deals
Date: 7 September 2015Category: International news
US publishers report 4.6% sales growth in 2014
Date: 12 June 2015Category: International news
Sales for US publishers rise in 2014
Date: 12 March 2015Category: International news
Report finds greater diversity in US children’s books
Date: 20 February 2015Category: International news
Quote of the week
Date: 22 October 2014Category: Local news
Australian public library stats report released
Date: 22 October 2014Category: Library news
US book sales relatively flat in 2013
Date: 27 June 2014Category: International news
ABS releases stats on library funding
Date: 25 June 2014Category: Library news
US book sales up 1% in 2013
Date: 2 April 2014Category: Local news
Industry associations raise GST issue with new government as ABS reveals over $7 billion spent on purchases below LVT
Date: 10 October 2013Category: Local news
The Stella Count: 2012 gender and reviewing stats revealed
Date: 23 September 2013Category: Local news
Public libraries expenditure up six percent in 2011-2012
Date: 21 August 2013Category: Library news
PANZ Book Design Awards 2013 winners announced
Date: 19 July 2013Category: Local news
Found in translation: Alexandra Yatomi-Clarke and Julia Marshall
Date: 15 July 2013Category: Features
PANZ Book Design Awards 2013 shortlists announced
Date: 14 June 2013Category: Local news
US adult trade, children’s sales up in 2012 but overall industry revenue down
Date: 12 April 2013Category: International news
Fifty shades later: Andrea Hanke on romance publishing after the erotic fiction boom
Date: 5 April 2013Category: Features
VIDA reveals 2012 stats on gender split in lit mags
Date: 6 March 2013Category: International news
Zoe Dattner on lessons from the TOC conference
Date: 6 March 2013Category: Features
International Library News
Date: 13 February 2013Category: Library news
Who, what and how? Bowker survey provides stats on Oz ebook consumption
Date: 13 February 2013Category:
Study finds number of UK bookshops halved in seven years
Date: 9 January 2013Category: International news
International Library News
Date: 12 December 2012Category: Library news
Nielsen stats show NZ sales down in volume and value for the year to date
Date: 7 August 2012Category: Local news
2011 US books sales value down, volumes up
Date: 25 July 2012Category: International news
Ebooks in Oz: the stats
Date: 13 June 2012Category: Features
OzCo releases travel fund stats
Date: 6 June 2012Category: Local news
Reviewing and gender: the Australian stats
Date: 8 March 2012Category: Features
Inside the current issue
Date: 15 November 2011Category: Local news
Inside the current issue: 27 reviews
Date: 9 August 2011Category: Local news
ABA conference round-up
Date: 26 July 2011Category: Local news
Booksellers NZ conference: ebooks, Indiebound, PANZ elections, sales stats
Date: 19 July 2011Category: Local news
Around the world
Date: 31 May 2011Category: Local news
Pre-Christmas survey 2010: Sales plummet
Date: 16 December 2010Category: Local news
The stats: Sales of top 10 drop 50%
Date: 16 December 2010Category: Local news
‘The Future is Now’ ABA ebook seminar
Date: 1 September 2010Category: Local news
In brief
Date: 7 April 2010Category: Local news
In brief
Date: 28 February 2010Category: Local news
Pre-Christmas survey 2009: sales up
Date: 11 December 2009Category: Local news
The stats: value has it
Date: 10 December 2009Category: Local news
APA on draft PC report
Date: 24 March 2009Category: Local news
WBN pre-Christmas survey shows booksellers expecting an ‘okay’ Christmas
Date: 11 December 2008Category: Local news
The stats: equal value and volume growth
Date: 11 December 2008Category: Local news
In Brief
Date: 4 March 2008Category: Local news
In brief
Date: 21 August 2007Category: Local news
In brief
Date: 3 July 2007Category: Local news
$9 million for Centre for Books and Ideas at SLV
Date: 8 May 2007Category: Local news
Mixed signals in consumer and business confidence stats
Date: 20 February 2007Category: Local news
Booksellers cautiously positive leading into Christmas
Date: 12 December 2006Category: Local news
Web stats show Amazon’s dominance
Date: 7 November 2006Category: Local news
Retail figures healthy, but business confidence shaky
Date: 3 October 2006Category: Local news