Book sales value down three percent in 2019: Nielsen

13 January 2020 Books+Publishing

After five consecutive years of marginal growth in the Australian book market, book sales fell three percent in value in Australia in 2019, down $36 million to $1.14 billion, according to Nielsen BookScan. The fall is attributed to a drop in fiction (down 3.4%) and nonfiction (down 6.2%) sales, despite...