A 2020 BookNet Canada survey of English-language Canadian independent booksellers shows that many stores had set up e-commerce before the pandemic.
Italian Publishing Shows More Growth in 2021: Up 29 Percent
The Italian market’s resilience shows first-nine-month statistics coming in strongly ahead of 2019’s numbers as well as those of 2020.
Audiobooks in Russia: Storytel and LitRes Cite Rising Interest
Storytel reports seeing a rise in audiobook downloads in Russia by 45 percent in the last year. LitRes leads market.
Germany’s First Half of 2021: Ebook Dynamics, and Libraries
German publishers say that robust ebook performance last year and this year could be impacted by state-subsidized e-lending.
Copyright: Germany’s Börsenverein Warns Textbook Market Is ‘Shrinking Drastically’
The implementation of Germany’s Copyright Knowledge Society Act is seen in a new survey to be cutting into textbook sales.
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.
AAP StatShot: US Industry Up 18.1 Percent, January to June, Year to Date
Across the entire US book industry, total revenues in January-to-June 2021 came in at US$6.3 billion, up 18 percent year-to-date.
Studying Gender Representation and the Contemporary ISNI Identifier
The ISNI International Agency is having a group of advisers from sectors including book publishing and rights review its treatment of gender.
NPD Cites Strong Outlook for US Children’s Print Nonfiction
Juvenile nonfiction in the American market ran 23-percent higher in 2020 than in 2019, says NPD’s Kristen McLean in a look at the sector.