Sentences with phrase «growth of book sales»

Sales at indies have grown 8 percent a year over the past three years, which exceeds the growth of book sales in general.

As Joe Konrath has been saying these last few days, when it became clear that Hachette wasn't the partner he envisioned in the building of his career and the growth of his book sales, he hired a lawyer and sued to get out of his contract.

Not exact matches

Responses to questions such as how current order books and sales inquiries compare with 12 months earlier have a strong correlation with the trajectory of economic growth.

Just one of 68 fast - growth companies in the city, Level Group booked $ 36 million in 2015 sales.

Core bookings growth is expected to be 25 % in 2018, emphasizing growth in sales of the Qx platform.

Hit by Amazon's explosive growth a decade ago, as well as the rise of e-books (which now seem to have peaked at around 20 % of total book sales), Barnes & Noble closed stores year - in, year - out, benefiting from a savvy move in the 1990s that saw it opt for short leases.

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The sale — which included Rovio's TV animation studio, book publishing business and some non-Angry Birds properties — was part of a reorganization at the company's animation business aimed at reviving growth.

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Some of this difference is driven by slightly different growth factors; for example, VONG looks at book - to - price ratios, medium - term growth forecasts and historical sales - per - share growth, while IWY only uses the latter two factors.

And, as Jean - Louis Brindamour, who developed Pyramid Publications» religious program, points out, «The phenomenal growth of sales so far tells us that time and a determined public will eventually force even greater space for such books where they do not yet appear.»

By staying focused on a select number of frontlist titles each season, the company has been able to significantly boost placement and sales, with triple - digit growth in book sales over the past three years.

Book sales, they report «continued to be strong, with high single - digit growth in the quarter due to a combination of popular titles and a growing trend for adult colouring books.»

Other major publishers may be content to reap record profits off the growth of ebook sales while paying authors practically nothing for digital books with far lower production and distribution costs, but we wouldn't feel right doing that.

Criteria for inclusion is a result of sales growth, number of titles, and overall revenue, and Brown Books enters the list at # 2 (based on data from 2015 - 2017).

With each new book, Maeve Binchy continues a remarkable progression of sales and audience growth, reaching fans of all ages and backgrounds with her matchless wit, warmth, and sheer storytelling magic.

But now, according to research published by The American Association of Publishers (http://www.publishers.org/main/IndustryStats/documents/S12007Final.pdf), ebooks have risen again like a Phoenix from the ashes, turning in a compound annual sales growth rate of 55 % between 2002 and 2007, versus an anemic overall trade book growth rate of only 2.5 %.

«We've had month after month now of modest sales growth in books.

In fact, over the last few years, the mass market form of book continues to shrink in sales almost in direct relation to the growth in ebooks sales.

Joint product creation (including courses, offline training and guides), co-writing projects, webinars or teleseminars, interviews, co-hosting podcasts, virtual book or blog tours, affiliate promotions and sales, working with charities or other organizations — all can have a significant impact on the growth of your traffic and writing business.

The growth in sales of English - language books isn't restricted to English - language countries like Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand.

Given the explosive growth of ebook sales since the launch of the Kindle in 2007, with increases in the triple digits for several years, many expected the paper book industry to remain in retreat for the foreseeable future.

«Our Retail Core comparable store sales exhibited year - on - year growth, increasing 1.3 % on top of a 1.7 % increase a year ago, led by the continued strength of adult coloring books, as well as our Toys & Games, Music and Gift businesses.

The company is focusing on the growth of the e-book market to overcome a long - term sales decline in physical books.

«Kobo's global capabilities have been further demonstrated by our partnership with Swindon Books Ltd., in Hong Kong, where we have identified compelling organic growth potential,» said Michael Tamblyn, Kobo's Executive Vice President of Content, Sales and Merchandising.

Print sales increased by 1 % in the first six months of the year (January - June 2016) to # 898m in comparison to the same period a year earlier, driven in particular by a 6 % growth of trade books.

Despite the growth of Spanish - language book sales, they are still fairly small compared with those in English, accounting for less than 5 % of the United States entire publishing sector, which brings in $ 7.1 billion in annual sales.

Ahead of the seminar, Meynink said: & ldquo; There has been over-performance in the growth in e-book sales in the romance and science fiction categories, when compared to the market share of print book sales, and this correlates with a fall in print book sales in those sectors.

In the Business Club in Hall 4.0 that lunchtime, a panel of experts — including Gaby Wood — will be discussing how literature prizes influence the book market and how winning one of these top awards can lead to exponential growth in terms of book sales, and unexpected financial reward.

The growth in e-book sales in genres such as romance and science - fiction is leading to a cannibalisation in sales of printed books, according to Nielsen BookScan data.

Jiang Yangping, General Manager of OpenBook, noted that China's book market was valued at 62.4 billion yuan ($ 9.6 billion), with growth up 12.8 % from 2014, when sales were 55.3 billion yuan ($ 8.5 billion).

Publishers want books in growth areas, areas of current interest, where month - to - month sales are increasing.

Extrapolating, if March comes in as it's shaping up, from that point on with no sales growth at all (even though I'll be adding a slew of new titles this year), I will sell well over 100K books in 2012.

While many have predicted that print and / or digital have seen their glory days already, the sales figures from Lulu appear to prove that one version's sales actually stimulate the growth of the other and that the more successful authors are the ones whose books are available in both formats.

The combination of free giveaways and the Kindle Owners» Lending Library helped my sales take off like a rocket — both were instrumental in the growth of my business because they enabled me to reach thousands of readers who might not otherwise have considered buying my books.

The increase in eBook sales was one element of a growth month for book publishers.

Last year digital revenue was only 5 % of total book sales, which is solid growth considering in 2014 e-books were a mere 0.7 %.

25 % growth sounds like a lot but print still accounts for 95 % of all book sales in the Netherlands.

Print sales have evened out in 2017 and unit sales of books increased by a paltry 1.9 % last year, which is slightly less than annual growth rates of 3 % posted between 2013 to 2016.

Last July we announced that Kindle books had passed hardcovers and predicted that Kindle would surpass paperbacks in the second quarter of this year, so this milestone has come even sooner than we expected - and it's on top of continued growth in paperback sales.»

The audiobook market is booming, with 20 % growth annually for the last three years, expanding faster than and driving the demand for the sales of print books, according to a recent Audio Publishers Association Audiobooks Survey conducted by Edison Research.

I'm thrilled with what's happening with my books at Smashwords, knowing that it's the infancy of this new publishing model, and that every growth in sales and / or downloads, no matter how small, is confirmation of future growth.

While e-books have yet to replace print books in terms of sales (and incidentally, growth in sales seems to have slowed in recent years), they are a fixture in the marketplace and not going anywhere.

However, despite this strong growth, in four countries ebook sales remain less than 2 % of the local book market.

Indeed, the growth of e-books market has slowed dramatically in recent years - while they now account for 27 % of trade books sales, according to the American Publishers Association, they only rose 3.8 % in 2013.

Port Washington, NY, October 6, 2017 — According to NPD Bookscan data from global information provider the NPD Group, the comics and graphic novels category in the U.S. trade book market has experienced compound annual unit sales growth of 15 percent over the last three years, making it one of the highest growth categories in the trade book marketplace.

Last July we announced that Kindle books had passed hardcovers and predicted that Kindle would surpass paperbacks in the second quarter of this year, so this milestone has come even sooner than we expected — and it's on top of continued growth in paperback sales.»

The retailer, which operates 648 bookstores, has managed to stem the decline in sales of physical books thanks to the slowing growth of e-books.

The Digital publishing industry is seeing unparalleled revenue growth in the last few years and major publishers, such as Penguin, see 22 % of their global book sales stem from digital.