Category: UK
“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...
Read MoreUK: Ebooks and audiobooks head for all-time high in 2020. So much for “screen fatigue”
by Mark Williams | Nov 15, 2020 | Audiobooks, Ebooks, Global Publishing, UK | 0 |
The bottom line is, even with the pandemic, digital books remain a (comparatively) small part of...
Read MoreNielsen survey shows UK audiobooks boom continues with 15.8% unit growth, but no, ebook reading is not on the slide
by Mark Williams | Nov 9, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Global Publishing, UK | 0 |
It’s worth comparing the £164 million ($215 million) Nielsen forecast for 2020 UK audiobook...
Read MoreUK: 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...
Read MoreBloomsbury profits soar 60% thanks to “significantly higher” online and ebook sales. Just how indispensable are bookstores to publishers?
by Mark Williams | Oct 27, 2020 | Europe, UK | 0 |
For bricks & mortar booksellers that emerge from the pandemic in one piece perhaps the biggest...
Read More“’#fakefurt’ risks becoming just a moment that over time becomes a season and then a continuum” – Philip Jones, The Bookseller, on the digital Buchmesse
by Mark Williams | Sep 28, 2020 | Book Fairs, Germany, Global Publishing, The Future of Publishing, UK | 0 |
We should also be clear that the virtual Frankfurt is no fake, but rather the new reality. Even if...
Read MoreMark 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...
Read MoreSweden’s self-publishing platform Type & Tell to close Sept. 30 as Amazon Sweden signs first publisher deal
by Mark Williams | Sep 11, 2020 | Europe, Finland, Global Publishing, Self-Publishing, Sweden, UK | 0 |
A confirmed publisher deal indicates books will be part of the imminent Amazon Sweden launch, but...
Read More“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...
Read MoreQuote Unquote: “The strongest digital sales performance in years” – HarperCollins. “Robust growth in digital formats” – Hachette
by Mark Williams | Aug 8, 2020 | Global Publishing, Publishing News, The global book market, UK, USA | 0 |
HarperCollins and Hachette digital safety nets kick in. HarperCollins sees 39% of H2 revenue from...
Read MoreQuote Unquote: UK – “Publishers who didn’t care about digital are putting a lot of money into that now”
by Mark Williams | Jul 25, 2020 | Global Publishing, UK | 0 |
Arts Council England is, for those unfamiliar with the UK’s troubled political divisions,...
Read MorePearson and Scholastic results – trade up and digital up but overall Covid-19 impact is hurting
by Mark Williams | Jul 25, 2020 | Global Publishing, Publishing News, UK, USA | 0 |
At TNPS the focus is on international publishing, but we occasionally offer perspectives on the US...
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