Publishers’ perspectives: sales fewer but ‘simpler’ without REDgroup

Sunday, 22 January 2012 Books+Publishing

There was no consistent sales trend among the publishers this Christmas. While several of the bigger publishers reported a sales increase, including A&U, Hachette and Simon & Schuster, many reported either steady sales (Random House, Murdoch) or a sales decrease. Overall, most of the publishers characterised Christmas sales as ‘okay'....