Nielsen BookScan figures: value and volume down

25 January 2013 Books+Publishing

This Christmas period has seen another drop in sales volume and value. According to Nielsen Bookscan, sales were down 4.5% in value and 2.7% in volume over the 13 weeks to 29 December 2012, compared to the same period in 2011. Adult fiction was the best-performing category, recording just a 2.2% drop...