With analysis of a “slow erosion” of sales and much more, Nielsen’s Romance Book Summit is a mix of research analysis and thematic exploration at the Romance Writers of America’s gathering.
Crime Pays in the UK: Could It Have to do With the Setting?
Not to say that it’s something in the water, it’s often noticed by international observers that the two major publishing markets have different entertainment-genre priorities. The Americans love love. For the Brits, good literature is murder.
The Spring’s Data: UK and US Charts From Nielsen Book Research
Who’s buying the books, who’s coloring them, and how are they finding them? Here are a few glimpses from Nielsen’s 2015 research.
Romancing the Data: Nielsen’s First Romance Book Summit at RWA
‘There is no area in publishing today more transformed by digital than romance.’ Nielsen offers a new event for both authors and publishers in July.
Glimpses of the US Market: Charts from Nielsen’s Kempton Mooney
From some of the material presented at BookExpo America, looks at the US market courtesy of Nielsen Book and Kempton Mooney: So far, it’s a great year for Dr. Seuss. Again.
Rights of Passage in a New Year of Trade Shows
As the ‘Wall of Content’ rises, the heart of the publishing trade show, its rights transactions, becomes all the more vital — as we see this week at London Book Fair.
Hype Cycles and Book Wars: Nielsen’s BookInsights Conference
We have yet to make a satisfying gift of an ebook, said Nielsen’s Andre Breedt at BookInsights in London. Such breakthroughs still seem far, far away
Bringing the Reader Into Focus at DBW: Jo Henry on Your Consumer
Ahead of her appearance on March 7 in a Digital Book World practicum, Nielsen’s Jo Henry talks about the new importance of knowing the target reader.
Consumer Confidence: A Recessionary State of Mind
Nielsen sees 55 percent of those surveyed on global consumer confidence saying that in the fourth quarter of 2015, they believed the were in recession.
History and Historicals: At 75, Avon Romances the Readers
This year marks the diamond anniversary of Avon Books’ operation in the market, although it has been focused on romance for 44 of its 75 years. Today, it’s HarperCollins’ Avon Books.