At NPD Bookscan, Kristen McLean sees the US book market ‘bucking uncertainty’ with strong August sales and year-end predictions.
NPD BookScan: US Market Steady, Weekly Print Volume Up 2 Percent
The US market, heading to summer’s end, is stable in print sales, at 457 million units year-to-date, in NPD BookScan’s report.
Rights Edition: NPD on Netflix and Nostalgia, Licensing for ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
With sales of US$14.9 million based on MSRP, NPD sees ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ buoyed by Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things.’
NPD Books on July’s US Print Market: 6 Percent Lower, Year to Date
In a ‘steady’ market, NPD sees print sales in the United States decline 1.6 million units in July, typically a month for some losses.
NPD and IRI Have Announced an Unnamed Merger in Data and Analysis
Amid news of the NPD-IRI merger, NPD BookScan reports US print holding at 6 percent below 2021’s level in the week ending July 23.
NPD BookScan for June: Another View of the US Market
The American book market, in NPD’s report, ‘maintained its strength in June, adding 1.8 million print units over the previous five weeks.’
NPD Group: United States LGBTQ Book Sales Are Surging
NPD’s Kristen McLean says the book sales data appears to reveal ‘a generational shift’ in attitudes toward LGBTQ literature.
NPD Projects US Print Book Unit Sales 17 Percent Above 2019
Year-to-date book sales in the US are looking likely to converge with that of 2020 at 8 percent growth, reports Kristen McLean at NPD Books.
NPD BookScan: Mystery Solved on US Thriller Sales’ Lag?
There may be clues in the metadata behind an apparent yearlong downturn in US thriller and suspense sales, even as women authors rise in the category.
NPD on the US Print Market: ‘Next Month Will Be Telling’
The US market is ‘currently 57.2 million units head of 2020, and 83.0 million units ahead of 2019,’ says NPD Books’ Kristen McLean.