“Book Publishers Face a Year of Transition” – Kristen McLean
One way publishers can adapt to an evolving market is to be aware of the changes in consumer...
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Tag: UK book market
UK booksellers face a “brutal” 2023, warns the Booksellers Association. Damns Amazon as Watertones demand 85% discount on frontlist titles
Level playing field? That’s like demanding a level playing field for buses, trains and...
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Stop the Press! Major UK newspaper discovers existence of children’s books
Cinderella? If (Daily Telegraph Arts Editor Ben) Lawrence fancies himself as the transforming...
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BookBeat abandons unlimited subscription. Launches in France. Attempts to revive UK presence
“Unlimited listening will not be available anymore.” – Niclas Sandin, BookBeat...
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Global publishers – social media is not your enemy
What is up with the youth of today? Don’t they understand that reading is something you have...
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UK – Waterstones warehouse system improved – but not by much
James Daunt isn’t cut out to be a transnational industry tycoon – redux Ruth Comerford at...
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UK – Publishers ‘on brink of collapse’ as US-owned UK distributor struggles
Publishers have warned some firms are being driven to “the brink of collapse” by ongoing issues...
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UK – Words by the Water book festival axed over cost of living. How soon before bigger events feel the pinch?
As we head into a winter of economic uncertainty the future of bigger publishing events will be in...
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Pandemic Y3’s first major book fair casualty is Brussels. What hope for London and Bologna?
The now cancelled Brussels event was twelve weeks away. Bologna is 14 weeks away. London is 16...
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UK audiobook revenue up 71% on 2019. Ebooks up 10%. Consumer print up 6%. Children’s digital up 26%. Digital consumer non-fiction up 30%
Given both Findaway and Audiobooks.com impact on the UK market; and given Spotify is already a...
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Bookstore UK, the antidote to Amazon, delivered $2.3 million to UK indie bookstores in its first year
The imminent pandemic winter may or may not be as bad as last year, but it will be bad, and...
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Amazon’s inexorable shift to unlimited subscription is creeping up on complacent publishers looking the other way
The slippery slope has been greased. Audible Plus US and UK are going to outperform the regular...
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