Post-Christmas survey: sales steady for chain bookstores, mixed for indies
Christmas sales were ‘about the same’ for 97% of chain bookstores and mixed for indie bookstores (up for 50%, down for 31%), according to the results of Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas...
Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: strong last four weeks but value and volume down
While colouring books boosted Christmas sales in 2015, this season was marked by their absence. According to Nielsen BookScan, in the 12 weeks to 24 December, volume was down 2.7%...
Publishers’ perspectives
Publishers finished the Christmas period strongly, with almost all of the larger publishers reporting that Christmas sales were ‘about the same’ or up on last year following a surge in...
Supply: booksellers frustrated by distribution, stock levels
The delivery and availability of major bestselling titles from publishers were a key concern for the surveyed booksellers, with almost every respondent commenting on distribution and supply issues. Titles running...
The books: Kent, Pape lead strong local lists
Two local titles, The Good People by Hannah Kent (Picador) and The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape (Wrightbooks), were the most mentioned fiction and nonfiction titles this Christmas, with booksellers listing a...