Nov 14 2007
According to the Business of Consumer Publishing 2006, the net revenue from retail sources in the U.S. accounted for $6.31 billion in 2006. Romance sales accounted for $1.37 billion or 21% of the overall sales just behind religious/inspirational sales which accounted for $1.68 billion. According to the Assocation of American Publishers, religious/inspirational sales includes the(…)
Sep 12 2007
This article tickled my fancy. Apparently, the Church of England approved the sale of hundreds of old Bibles and manuscripts to John Thornton, a small bookshop owner in Chelsea, West London for 36,000 pounds. Thornton, in turn, resold the religious collection for more than 500,000 pounds and plans to retire to the country with his(…)
Aug 22 2007
According to an Associated Press-Ipso poll held in August, one in four American adults did not read a book in 2006. The demographics of who reads falls largely by class and gender lines. Women who are better educated with higher incomes tend to read more, with those who are liberal reading slightly more than conservative(…)
Aug 6 2007
According to figures from the Association of American Publishers, book sales in June rose 4.3% to $720.6 million and 7.9% year to date. Increases Audiobook: 25.9% to $12.9 million E-books: 13.5% to $2.7 million Children’s/YA hardcover up 22.2% to $42.3 million Children’s/YA paperback: 7.1% to $38.4 million Religious books: 19.4% to $37.3 million Adult hardcover:(…)
Jun 27 2007
Word came down a few weeks ago that the brick and mortar Wal-mart stores were reducing the number of mid list authors it was going to carry. According to Black Romance Reader, that is not the only negative book shelving change that is going on. BRR reported that the following: I'd already known about Wal-Mart's(…)
Jun 13 2007
According to the estimates by the Census Bureau, bookstore sales dropped 6.0% in April (following a 6.8% drop in March). The Census Bureau statistics are devoted to brick and mortar stores, however, and do not include direct mail or internet sales. Via Publishers Weekly. Send to Kindle
May 24 2007
According to Shelf Awareness, libraries account for 10% of book sales. Apparently what libraries choose to buy is a mystery. We should Wendy, The Super Librarian, and Devon, come talk about library sales. I know that Wendy buys for many, many libraries. Hmm. I feel an interview series coming on. Send to Kindle
May 23 2007
The Association of American Publishers estimate that there is a total drop in sales from 2005 by 0.3%. Trade paperbacks increased by 8.5% ($8.28billion) and ebooks were up 24.1%($54.4million). Audio book sales were down 11.7% along with religion and book clubs. Maybe Amazon’s acquisition of Brilliance will lead to a surge in audio book sales.(…)
May 18 2007
The AAP reported that net sales are on the rise–1.7% for March and 7.8% year to date. The big gainers were audiobooks (33.6%); adult hardcovers (27.5%), children’s/YA Paperbacks (13.7%); ebooks (12%). The losers were children’s/YA Hardcovers (2.2% decline); scholarly books and university press books; adult mass markets (5.8%); and religion books (19.8%). Via ShelfAwareness. Send(…)
May 14 2007
According to Shelf Awareness, the US Census Bureau estimates that bookstore sales were down for March by $998 or 4.1% compared to March 2006. The Census Bureau does not count electronic sales, mail-order or direct sales. With the increase in Amazon profits and the declining bookstore sales, it seems that more and more people are(…)
May 9 2007
With everyone else posting positive years, Harper Collins had 2 glum quarters. In the third quarter of fiscal 2007, however, profits are up at Harper Collins by a whopping 11%. Overall profits in the first nine months of the fiscal year were down by 20%. The 3d quarter rise could be attributed in part by(…)
Apr 26 2007
The Baltimore Sun had an article criticizing the selling of books online at ABE and Amazon by the not for profit organization, Book Thing. Under the name, Boards & Wraps, Russell Wattenberg has over 4,000 titles listed for sale online. These are books that Wattenberg receives in the form of donations. Many books are given(…)
Apr 25 2007
Booksales are up but bookstore sales are down. Perhaps the difference can be explained by Amazon who reported a profit of $111 million for quarter ending March 31 with sales up 32% from a year ago. I remember when reports said that Amazon book sales only account for 5% of the book market. I wonder(…)
Apr 25 2007
Despite fears of a dwindling readership, February book sales were up. Ebooks had the strongest gains, rising 44.7% with sales of 2.5 million. Adult hardcovers followed close behind with sales of $111.9m and Children/YA hardcovers rose 43.4% with sales of $37.4 million. I read a great young adult book yesterday by Melissa Marr, Wicked Lovely.(…)
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