Barnes and Noble has stated in their Buzz Newsletter that the sales of books related to anxiety are up more than 26% through this past June from a year ago because "we may be living in an anxious nation."The books that made the list show customers gravitating toward workbooks and toolkits with how to deal with anxiety, a trend Senior Director of Merchandising Liz Harwell … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble says books on anxiety are soaring
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The Canadian book market is holding steady in 2018
Sales of print books in Canada for the first six months of 2018 were down 1% when compared to sales for the same period in 2017. This is according to numbers provided by online and physical retailers reporting print sales to BNC SalesData, the national sales tracking service for the Canadian English-language trade market.At the same time, BookNet Canada's quarterly … [Read more...] about The Canadian book market is holding steady in 2018
Book publishers generated $26 billion in 2017
The Association of American Publishers has proclaimed that the U.S. book publishing industry generated an estimated $26.23 billion in net revenue for 2017, representing 2.72 billion units. All figures represent publishers’ net revenue from tracked categories (trade, higher education course materials, preK-12 instructional materials, professional books, and university press), in … [Read more...] about Book publishers generated $26 billion in 2017
Reading books is on the decline
Reading ebooks and print are on the decline and everyone involved in retail and the publishing industry are trying to figure out why. Are people simply not reading for pleasure anymore and consuming original Netflix content or listening to Spotify? What we do know is that between 2003 and 2016, the amount of time that the average American devoted to reading for personal … [Read more...] about Reading books is on the decline
Barnes and Noble wants you to bring your kids to the bookstore
Barnes and Noble has always run various campaigns to bring families to the bookstore. Their summer reading program has been running for 22 years and until September 3rd they are encouraging kids across the country in grades 1-6 to celebrate the joy of reading and even get a free book by reading eight books and turning in a completed reading journal listing the books they’ve … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble wants you to bring your kids to the bookstore
KDP Print launches expanded distribution to bookstores
Amazon has been slowly edging out its own competition by morphing authors over to the newer KDP Print platform instead of the original CreateSpace platform for print-on-demand books. Initially, the KDP Print upload process was just another avenue for self-published titles that were already making their way to ebook via KDP. The only benefit at the onset was the you had one … [Read more...] about KDP Print launches expanded distribution to bookstores
What is next for Barnes and Noble?
Barnes and Noble recently fired  CEO Demos Parneros for violating its policies. The bookseller refused to go into detail about what the violations were. It does note that the termination wasn’t due to differences of opinion or any potential fraud. He did not receive any severance pay and many industry insiders are speculating that it had to do with sexual harassment. B&N … [Read more...] about What is next for Barnes and Noble?
Print sales increased by 2% in the first half of 2018
Over the course of the first six months of 2018 print sales rose 4% and total unit sales increased 2% compared to a similar period in 2017. One of the factors that contributed to print increasing is Donald Trump. Two of the top-selling books that have contributed to that growth are Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, which has sold nearly 1 million copies and James Comey’s A Higher … [Read more...] about Print sales increased by 2% in the first half of 2018
Barnes and Noble staff disclose why the bookstore is so dysfunctional
Barnes and Noble had a horrendous holiday season and the entire bookstore chain experienced declining sales of 6.4% as compared to the prior year. Over the course of the entire year of 2017 sales fell 6% to $3.7 billion and Barnes and Noble recorded a net loss of $125.5 million compared to a profit of $22 million the year before. Why is Barnes and Noble continuing to lose … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble staff disclose why the bookstore is so dysfunctional
Barnes and Noble just fired their CEO
Barnes and Noble has had a tumultuous time in retaining a CEO for more than a few years. The nation's largest bookseller has just announced that they have fired Demos Parneros for violating company policies. They did not disclose exactly which policies were violated. His termination was not due to any disagreement in the direction of the company, financial reporting, policies … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble just fired their CEO
NOOK turned its first ever full-year profit
Barnes and Noble released their 4th quarter and full year results on the same day and they proclaimed that NOOK turned its first ever full-year profit, generating $3.5 million dollars. In the 4th quarter Nook had an operating loss of $1.5 million, compared to an operating loss of $7.9 million during the previous-year period. Although the company did not provide any long term … [Read more...] about NOOK turned its first ever full-year profit
Amazon Prime Book Box is now in BETA
Three weeks ago Amazon announced Prime Book Box, which is a monthly program aimed at kids. Parents can choose to have a random assortment of books or pick and choose 2 hardcover books or 4 board books from a rotating list. This program is only available in the United States and for everyone who signed up the beta, it is now available.Email invitations were sent out to … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Book Box is now in BETA
Harry Potter and The Tales of Beedle the Bard is getting a makeover
The Tales of the Beedle the Bard is getting an illustrative edition.The Bloomsbury’s Illustrated Edition will be published in hardback on October 2nd 2018, along with a deluxe edition. Scholastic’s Illustrated Edition will be published the following week.This book originally came out in 2008 and featured a bunch of short stories by J.K. Rowling and all of the sales were for … [Read more...] about Harry Potter and The Tales of Beedle the Bard is getting a makeover