In January and February, ebooks were up 20.4 percent and downloadable audio was up 23.7 percent over 2020.
The UK’s Publishers Association 2020 Report: A 2-Percent Rise
Amid the challenges of the pandemic year 2020, the United Kingdom’s overall publishing market rose 2 percent.
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.
Hachette Book Group: 2-Percent Rise in Carbon Footprint
Hachette Book Group releases an environmental progress report, which found that paper accounts for 95% of the publisher’s carbon footprint.
AIE Appeals for Ongoing Cultural Support in Italy’s Recovery Plan
The Italian Publishers Association is moving to make permanent some of the cooperative partnerships achieved during the pandemic.
Diversity and Identity in Québec’s Literature: A Changing Landscape
‘We’re now in a multicultural moment,’ says McGill University’s Alain Farah. ‘Literature can have something else to say.’ (Sponsored)
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.
Audio Publishers Association Names Its 2021 Audie Awards Winners
The 2021 Audie Awards include two wins for NK Jemisin’s ‘The City We Became’ and two for ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X.’
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.