While watching University Challenge or Only Connect, the impulse to shout out the answers comes down to a simple “human urge”, says publisher Richard Green. That compulsion to “know useless trivia or... Read more »
If the question is which genre bucked the prevailing trend in publishing to record a remarkable rise in readership last year, the answer is clear: quiz books. Spending on the titles increased... Read more »
Sales of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights have risen by 469% in the UK since last year, as anticipation builds for Emerald Fennell’s bold and highly anticipated film adaptation, figures from Penguin Classics... Read more »
For Christian booksellers, any good news about Bible sales has been few and far between. But recent retail figures have shown a revival. Sales of the good book reached a record high... Read more »
A new festival of translated literature is being launched in Bristol next week amid a sales boom in translated fiction in the UK. Translated By, Bristol is the brainchild of Polly Barton,... Read more »
The best route to learning to love words in print could well be pictures. This, at least, is the hope of the publishing industry this spring, as it welcomes news that sales... Read more »
Books about democracy, dystopia, tyranny, feminism and far-right politics rapidly climbed bestseller charts in the wake of Donald Trump winning the US presidential election. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, set in... Read more »
Sales of Boris Johnsonâs memoir, Unleashed, have slumped by 62% in its second week since publication. The heavily marketed tome, promoted in a prolonged media round by the former prime minister in... Read more »
Hungry for niche knowledge to impress your colleagues? Troubled by the size of a hefty new book? Doubt your abilities to understand complex arguments? Well, today an increasingly competitive industry offers to... Read more »