Post-Christmas survey: Second flat year in a row but booksellers relieved after slow start
For the second year in a row, Christmas sales were ‘about the same’ for a majority of booksellers (69%), according to the results of Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas survey. Overall sales...
The books: Jane Harper leads strong local offering
There was a strong showing from local authors in booksellers’ most-mentioned bestsellers across fiction, nonfiction and children’s. Jane Harper topped the most-mentioned fiction title list, ahead of UK author Philip...
Supply: Frustrated booksellers call for industry strategy
For many booksellers, addressing the trade’s issues with delivery and availability is becoming more important with Amazon’s arrival, with stores frustrated by unreliable supply threatening their relationships with customers. Sophie...
Nielsen BookScan Christmas figures: Value and volume up; Jamie Oliver tops the bestsellers
Value and volume sales were up in both the 12-week and four-week periods leading to 23 December 2017, compared to the same periods in 2016. The volume of books sold...
Publishers’ perspectives
Christmas sales in 2017 were better than expected for three quarters of Australian publishers surveyed in Books+Publishing’s annual post-Christmas survey, with the remaining respondents reporting sales were ‘close to expectations’....