UK sales of Booker Prize longlisted titles up nearly 200%
In the UK, the titles longlisted for the Booker Prize sold a combined 4740 copies according to Nielsen BookScan, up 198% on the week before the announcement, reports the Bookseller. Oyinkan...
Book sales up marginally in 2018; five Australian titles in top 10
Book sales grew marginally in Australia in 2018, with like-for-like growth up 1.3% in volume and 1.4% in value on the previous year, according to Nielsen BookScan. This is the...
Pape’s ‘The Barefoot Investor for Families’ breaks record for first-week sales in Australian nonfiction
Scott Pape’s The Barefoot Investor for Families (HarperCollins) has become the fastest-selling Australian nonfiction title, after selling 74,600 copies with a value of $1.7 million since its release on 24...
Things we keep repeating
UPDATE For the most detailed reports on the REDgroup administration process over the past few months see the Bookseller+Publisher website. As the news of REDgroup retail...