What Authors Will Rule 2024?
A peek into what’s on deck for last year’s most popular authors.
A peek into what’s on deck for last year’s most popular authors.
Print book sales are holding steady for 2023, down about 2 percent versus last year, according to Circana BookScan. In April, adult fiction made up 70 percent of the monthly bestsellers on a print basis. New releases that recently hit BookScan’s top-10 list include the thriller novel Simply Lies by David Baldacci (Hachette); You Can’t Joke about That by … Read more
Simon & Schuster exceeded $1 billion in sales for the first time ever in 2022—an increase of 18.5 percent over the prior year.
According to NPD BookScan, US print sales are down 2 percent versus last year but still ahead of 2019. Romance remains the strongest driver.
According to the AAP, which consists of traditional publishers in various sectors, consumer sales dropped 6.2 percent in 2022 against 2021.
For now, 2023 is performing comparable to 2022 (roughly 1 percent down), according to NPD BookScan, which tracks print book sales.
According to year-end figures, here’s how major print categories performed in 2022 versus 2021, with romance in the lead.
It’s official: Spare by Prince Harry is the fastest-selling nonfiction book of all time in the UK.
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Spare is the UK’s fastest selling nonfiction book—it sold 400,000 copies across all formats on its first day on sale.