Tuesday, 28 February 2023
In the UK, findings from the Booksellers Association’s (BA) inaugural Workforce Diversity Survey have revealed the demographics of the bookselling workforce, reports the Bookseller. The anonymous online survey of 185...

Monday, 27 February 2023
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...

Friday, 24 February 2023
In the US, Bookshop.org will start selling ebooks by the end of the year, and is publishing its first print book in October, reports Publishers Weekly. The ebook program will...

Thursday, 23 February 2023
Swedish publisher Bonnier Books’s revenue grew 7% to SEK7.4 billion (A$1b) in 2022, while earnings fell 39% to SEK385 million (A$54.3m), reports the Bookseller. The drop in earnings was attributed...

Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Hachette parent company Lagardère Publishing’s revenue grew 5.8% in 2022 to €2.75 billion (A$4.2b), though earnings fell 14% to €302 million (A$467m), reports Publishers Weekly. The revenue growth was attributed...

Monday, 20 February 2023
In the US, a report from Bookstat found online sales of print books, ebooks and audiobooks grew 5.6% to US$12.13 billion (A$17.7b) in 2022, reports Publishers Weekly. Bookstat covers an...

Friday, 17 February 2023
In the US, bookstore sales rose an estimated 6.2% last year over 2021 according to preliminary estimates from the US Census Bureau, reports Publishers Weekly. According to US Census Bureau...

Thursday, 16 February 2023
Simon & Schuster (S&S) parent company Paramount is working with a financial adviser to explore a sale of the publisher, reports Reuters. Reuters reports that, according to people familiar with...