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Thinking the unthinkable: The Bookseller’s Philip Jones finally acknowledges what TNPS has been saying for a year: high street bookshops “are facing an existential challenge”

by Mark Williams | Mar 26, 2021 | bookstores, Global Publishing, UK | 0 |

The biggest reason bricks & mortar bookstores have to expect the continued backing of...

With bookstores closed much of 2020, more publishers inconsiderately report record sales and a “best ever year”

by Mark Williams | Feb 28, 2021 | bookstores, Ebooks, France, UK, USA | 0 |

Bricks & mortar bookstores face an uphill struggle this year to demonstrate to publishers that...

“Non-essential” UK bookstore retail faces an existential challenge as 2021 lockdown bites

by Mark Williams | Jan 10, 2021 | bookstores, Europe, Print, UK | 0 |

Many publishers will be watching their retail accounts closely this lockdown and wondering at what...

Australia’s online bookstore Booktopia debuts on AU stock exchange. Doubles revenue since arrival of Amazon, with 15% of the market

by Mark Williams | Dec 4, 2020 | Australia, bookstores, Global Publishing, Retailer News, The global book market | 0 |

When Amazon arrived in Australia there were fears the domestic book market might be irreparably...

UK: Bloomsbury hits 30% digital with 60% profits boost. The Bookseller, dismayed, says, “There is an upside”

by Mark Williams | Nov 3, 2020 | bookstores, UK | 1 |

“Swing that pendulum back to the 1980s immediately! We can’t have publishers...

In France a “Pyrrhic victory” as supermarkets barred from selling books – to be fair to bookstores

by Mark Williams | Oct 31, 2020 | bookstores, Europe, France, The global book market | 0 |

“We wanted equal treatment, not a race to the bottom. It sounds like a Pyrrhic victory for the...

As a new lockdown gets under way in France, bookstores once again ask to be treated as essential services

by Mark Williams | Oct 29, 2020 | bookstores, Europe, France, Global Publishing | 2 |

Lire, c’est vivre – reading is living – should not become reading carries a strong risk of dying...

Sweden sees book sales rise by 7.4% value and 20% volume this year, led by digital subscription (+32%). Pre-Christmas, 60% of consumption is now digital

by Mark Williams | Sep 29, 2020 | bookstores, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Europe, Global Publishing, Scandinavia, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

Sölve Dahlgren: “Can regular sales channels make up their losses and thereby increase book sales...

Mark Williams At Large: Perspectives on the Publishing Week

by Mark Williams | Sep 26, 2020 | Audible, Audiobooks, Belgium, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, bookstores, Coronavirus, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Malaysia, North America, Scandinavia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Storytel, The global book market, UK | 0 |

As the pandemic enters its second wave, Big 5 publisher Macmillan starts hiring again, raises its...

Romania: Humanitas bookstore chain and publishing house launches mobile bookshop to reach book-disenfranchised areas

by Mark Williams | Sep 12, 2020 | bookstores, Europe, Global Publishing, Romania, The global book market | 0 |

Romanian bookstore chain and publishing house Humanitas launches Humanitas Cartea pe roți (the...

“I absolutely love Nook, and I think my predecessors had fallen out of love with it. I’m a champion of digital books and digital book retailing” – Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt

by Mark Williams | Aug 22, 2020 | Barnes & Noble, bookstores, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Nook, North America, The global book market, UK, USA | 0 |

Daunt continued selling epub ebooks in the Waterstone’s ebook store while simultaneously inviting...

Amazon Sweden launch now imminent, but what part will books play?

by Mark Williams | Aug 3, 2020 | Amazon, bookstores, Europe, Global Publishing, Scandinavia, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

Amazon has been talking with publishers in Sweden, but the absence of any serious rumours, let...

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Thinking the unthinkable: The Bookseller’s Philip Jones finally acknowledges what TNPS has been saying for a year: high street bookshops “are facing an existential challenge”

With bookstores closed much of 2020, more publishers inconsiderately report record sales and a “best ever year”

“Non-essential” UK bookstore retail faces an existential challenge as 2021 lockdown bites

Australia’s online bookstore Booktopia debuts on AU stock exchange. Doubles revenue since arrival of Amazon, with 15% of the market

UK: Bloomsbury hits 30% digital with 60% profits boost. The Bookseller, dismayed, says, “There is an upside”

In France a “Pyrrhic victory” as supermarkets barred from selling books – to be fair to bookstores

As a new lockdown gets under way in France, bookstores once again ask to be treated as essential services

Sweden sees book sales rise by 7.4% value and 20% volume this year, led by digital subscription (+32%). Pre-Christmas, 60% of consumption is now digital

Mark Williams At Large: Perspectives on the Publishing Week

Romania: Humanitas bookstore chain and publishing house launches mobile bookshop to reach book-disenfranchised areas

“I absolutely love Nook, and I think my predecessors had fallen out of love with it. I’m a champion of digital books and digital book retailing” – Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt

Amazon Sweden launch now imminent, but what part will books play?

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