Seeing downturns in revenues and unit sales, January Through April, AIE plans a two-panel program at Torino’s book fair.
AAP’s February US StatShot: Trade Up 9.5 Percent
The Association of American Publishers’ StatShot for February sees downloaded audio down 3.3 percent, up just 0.2 percent year-to-date.
Venice’s 39th Mauri School, Part Two: A ‘Perfect Companion’
From the publishers on our Mauri School panel, Stefano Mauri and Andrew Franklin, new takes on the book business and the Web.
An Easter Surprise in the States: 30 Million More Books Sold Than in 2019
Holiday print sales in children’s books helped the US market gain 3 percent in the week ending April 16.
Going Up: UK Publishers Say 2021 Book Sales Rose 5 Percent
The biggest format jump in the UK’s 2021 report was downloaded audio, up 14 percent to £151 million. Fiction and kids’ books rose 7 percent.
US Book Market: NPD BookScan’s Viewpoint on Q1 Book Sales
‘Overall, the US book market is turning in a very strong performance by historic norms,’ says NPD BookScan’s Kristen McLean.
London Book Fair: Finland’s Market Continues Swing to Subscriptions
In 2021, Finland’s consumer base bought two digital books for every one print book sold, the Finnish Literature Exchange, FILI, reports.
Venice’s 39th Mauri School, Part One: A ‘New Future’
The 2022 Mauri School conference commentary from booksellers and publishers was a deep look at ‘The New Future’ ahead for books.
Italy’s Publishers Report a Crisis in Paper Costs, Art and Travel Books
‘We are faced with two emergencies’ in paper costs and the state of art-book and tourism publishing, says AIE’s leadership.
Awards: Germany’s Digital 2022 FuturePublish and Deutscher Buchtrailer Awards
Four videos are shortlisted for the Book Trailer Awards in this year’s FuturePublish conference from Literaturtest.