UK audiobook boom continuing with 13% growth in 2018
In the UK, Nielsen BookScan reports that audiobooks have grown by 13% in volume during 2018. At the London Book Fair (LBF) Quantum Conference, Nielsen said that the audiobook boom...
The books: Locally authored titles supported by strong non-book offering
In 2018, local authors were again well-represented across the nonfiction, fiction and children's categories. Leigh Sales' Any Ordinary Day (Hamish Hamilton) was the most mentioned nonfiction title for Christmas 2018. For...
Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: Value and volume remain flat
Value and volume sales showed marginal growth in the lead-up to Christmas, compared to the previous year. Books sold during the four weeks leading up to 29 December 2018 had a...
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...
Attendance up at SPN conference 2018, ‘incredibly positive’ response
The Small Press Network’s (SPN) seventh Independent Publishing Conference was held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 22-24 November. SPN general manager Tim Coronel said the response to this...
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...
The market down under
Australian titles are faring well in a market where personal development books and crime fiction are the standout trends, reports Andrea Hanke. For the fourth year in a row, the...
300 attend 2018 ABA Conference; booksellers ‘surviving and thriving’
Close to 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference and trade show, which was held in Canberra from 17-18 June. This year, the...
2018 ABA conference: value, volume up YTD; branding, staff management discussed
Nielsen Book associate director Julie Winters presented an overview of the Australian book market at the 2018 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference. Winters reported that the total book market is...
SWF 2018: ticket sales down but box office third-highest in festival history; Lee tops bestsellers
This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) recorded 51,362 ticketed sales worth over $1.28 million—down on last year's earnings but still the third-highest box office earnings in the organisation’s history. The...
Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: Value and volume up; Jamie Oliver tops the bestsellers
Value and volume sales were up in both the 12-week and four-week periods leading to 23 December 2017, compared to the same periods in 2016. The volume of books sold...
Nielsen BookScan figures: value and volume up as nonfiction recovers post colouring books
Sales in the 10 weeks leading up to 9 December 2017 are up four percent in value and 3.7% in volume over the same period in 2016, reports Nielsen BookScan....
Attendance up at SPN conference; children’s books a growth area for small publishers
The Small Press Network’s (SPN) sixth Independent Publishing Conference was held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 16-18 November. With attendance up on last year, SPN general manager Matthia...
NZ book sales up in 2015
New Zealand’s book sales are up in volume and value in the first half of 2015, according to new figures released by Nielsen Book. New Zealand’s total market for the...
Delivering the goods: A look at the book industry’s supply chain
Getting a book into a reader’s hands has never been quicker, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in the book industry’s supply chain, writes Gary Copeland.Those who...
Nielsen study finds teens lag adults in ebook uptake
In the US, teen readers aged 13-17 are lagging behind adults when it comes to their uptake of ebooks, according to a study from Nielsen. The study found 20% of teens are purchasing...
Fox, Griffiths and Marsden top Australian children’s bestsellers charts 2013-14
For the fourth year in a row, books by Mem Fox, Andy Griffiths and John Marsden have topped the Australian picture book, children’s fiction and YA bestsellers charts, according to...
Reilly, Ponting top Australian bestsellers charts 2013-14
Matthew Reilly’s The Tournament (Pan) and Ricky Ponting’s memoir Ponting: At the Close of Play (HarperSports) have topped the Australian adult fiction and nonfiction bestsellers chart for July 2013 to...
Nikolic to join Nielsen NZ
Nevena Nikolic has been appointed as national manager for Nielsen Book Services in New Zealand. Nikolic, who begins in the role on 28 January, replaces former national manager David Dromer,...
Nikolic to join Nielsen NZ
Nevena Nikolic has been appointed as national manager for Nielsen Book Services in New Zealand, replacing David Dromer, who resigned from the company at the end of 2013. Nikolic joins...