In its second year, the distributor’s ‘All About Audio’ event hears from key companies’ representatives on their offers and observations.
AAP StatShot February Report: US Audiobooks and Ebooks Maintain Strength
In January and February, ebooks were up 20.4 percent and downloadable audio was up 23.7 percent over 2020.
Simon & Schuster and Political Books: Mattingly and Mike Pence
Again, Simon & Schuster’s zeal for expanding its strong political books list in nonfiction finds the Big Five house under fire.
Italy’s First Quarter Report: Book Sales Up 26.6 Percent
Data now being collected for a third year shows a distinct migration of Italian book sales from physical bookstores to online retail.
US First-Quarter 2021 Print Book Sales Grew 29 Percent
Strong book sales continue in Q1 of 2021, with print sales up 29 percent in the US. And in 2020, ebook sales increased by 17 percent.
Report: Russian Book Market Down 20 Percent in 2020
Publishers in Russia talk of little hope of a turnaround in 2021, describing a book market that was sliding before the pandemic.
PRH’s Markus Dohle on Bertelsmann’s 2020 Profit Report
‘Globally, people turned to books’ in 2020, Markus Dohle says, and Penguin Random House parent Bertelsmann reports on a strong year.
Federation of European Publishers’ New COVID-19 Impact Report: Europe Closes 2020 Down 2 to 5 Percent
A first look at the new report on Europe’s book publishing markets highlights the range of impact felt in the first year of the pandemic.
Finland’s 2020 Audiobook Sales Doubled, Ebooks Up 84 Percent
A new book market report on Finland’s book market shows the impact of the pandemic and looks at the bestselling Finnish books of 2020.
Publishing in Seussville: When Children’s Books Are Politicized
Oh, the book sales they’ll drive! After six Dr. Seuss books are discontinued, NPD looks at the latest US book sales data for insights.