Christmas sales up for most as retailers regain some of REDgroup’s market share
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on Monday 23 January, 80% of respondents to our annual post-Christmas survey reported that Christmas sales were up on Christmas 2010....
Ebooks and ereaders
Ebooks have certainly arrived in Australia, with the survey indicating 54% of book retailers are either selling ebooks themselves or are part of a chain with the ability to sell...
Stock: supply and return
Overall, respondents were fairly happy with the efforts of suppliers this Christmas, but there were notable exceptions. The Steve Jobs biography and Mawson were consistently identified as titles that booksellers...
Publishers’ perspectives: sales fewer but ‘simpler’ without REDgroup
There was no consistent sales trend among the publishers this Christmas. While several of the bigger publishers reported a sales increase, including A&U, Hachette and Simon & Schuster, many reported...
Post-Christmas survey: 80% report sales up
After a shocking Christmas in 2010, Australia's bricks-and-mortar booksellers have had a better story to tell this year. In Bookseller+Publisher's annual post-Christmas survey, the overwhelming majority of respondents (80%) reported...
Sales data: market recovers some of REDgroup’s pie
The sales data from Nielsen BookScan for the 13 weeks to the end of 2011 suggest that the local book trade has recovered some of the Christmas market share held...