Christmas sales up for most as retailers regain some of REDgroup’s market share
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter special bulletin on Monday 23 January, 80% of respondents to our annual post-Christmas survey reported that Christmas sales were up on Christmas 2010....
Ebooks and ereaders
Ebooks have certainly arrived in Australia, with the survey indicating 54% of book retailers are either selling ebooks themselves or are part of a chain with the ability to sell...
Stock: supply and return
Overall, respondents were fairly happy with the efforts of suppliers this Christmas, but there were notable exceptions. The Steve Jobs biography and Mawson were consistently identified as titles that booksellers...
Publishers’ perspectives: sales fewer but ‘simpler’ without REDgroup
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...
Post-Christmas survey: 80% report sales up
After a shocking Christmas in 2010, Australia's bricks-and-mortar booksellers have had a better story to tell this year. In Bookseller+Publisher's annual post-Christmas survey, the overwhelming majority of respondents (80%) reported...
Sales data: market recovers some of REDgroup’s pie
The sales data from Nielsen BookScan for the 13 weeks to the end of 2011 suggest that the local book trade has recovered some of the Christmas market share held...
Publisher perspectives
While some booksellers appear to be enjoying a bump in sales owing to the collapse of REDgroup, the loss in retail space has come at a cost to publishers, with...
Online sales, ebooks and ereaders
In 2011, most stores surveyed reported being part of a chain with a retail website that sold print books (63%), 18% reported that their store had its own retail website,...
Stock, supply, staff… sale?
For the most part, as well as being happy with the books on offer, booksellers were also generally content with publishers' efforts in the realm of supply, though bestseller data...
Pre-Christmas survey 2011: A mixed bag
The attitude of booksellers going into Christmas 2011 could best be described as cautiously optimistic. After last year's dismal Christmas, it's perhaps not surprising that many booksellers have been hesitant...
The wash up
It's clear that booksellers around the country have been doing their utmost to hold onto their customers in 2011. ‘We have worked very hard this year with events, social media...
The books … and book prices
The good news for publishers (and most book retailers) is that booksellers surveyed said they thought the range of books on offer this Christmas was strong (64%), up from only...
Post-Christmas survey: 45% report sales down
This year's post-Christmas survey results tell a not-unexpected story--and for Australian bricks and mortar booksellers, it's not a good one. After two-thirds of booksellers surveyed reported pre-Christmas sales were down...
Post-Christmas survey: 45% report sales down
This year's post-Christmas survey results tell a not-unexpected story--and for Australian bricks and mortar booksellers, it's not a good one. After two-thirds of booksellers surveyed reported pre-Christmas sales were down...