The stats: Sales of top 10 drop 50%
Bookseller feedback is backed up by data from Nielsen BookScan, which shows a drop in sales over the lead up to Christmas--the first time Nielsen has reported such a drop...
The books: Keef, Kelly, Ken and Co.
The lack of a blockbuster or three certainly seemed to have an effect on booksellers' assessments of publishers' offerings in 2010. While last year 82% of those surveyed said they...
Stock, staff, supply
It's still early, but it appears that the trade will make it through another Christmas without major supply problems from any of the main warehouses (a situation no doubt helped...
Catalogue comeback? Sale, sale… no sale?
As in previous years, almost all booksellers (98%) reported being involved in a catalogue of some kind in 2010. What was interesting this year, was the increase in those bookselles...
Ebooks have arrived
With the introduction of the Kobo platform at Angus & Robertson and Borders, the ebook landscape in Australia has changed considerably since last Christmas. However, there are still many bookshops...
Publisher perspectives
As expected, given retailer feedback, many of the major publishers have confirmed a drop in sales compared to this time last year, with several observing that ‘Christmas just isn't happening...
The wash-up
Bookseller+Publisher will undertake its annual post-Christmas suvey to see how the industry fared and whether sales in the last week before Christmas came through in the way so many booksellers...
Pre-Christmas survey 2010: Sales plummet
It will not come as a surprise to most that Bookseller+Publisher's annual pre-Christmas survey has this year found the overwhelming majority of booksellers' sales are down for the Christmas selling...
Pre-Christmas survey 2010: Sales plummet
It will not come as a surprise to most that Bookseller+Publisher's annual pre-Christmas survey has this year found the overwhelming majority of booksellers' sales are down for the Christmas selling...