Publishers Lunch
Trade sales as reported to the AAP by
approximately 1,200 publishers were solid in January 2014, driven by strong
sales of Veronica Roth's Divergent
trilogy and steady performance across the board. Total trade sales of $506
million were up 12 percent (or $54 million) compared to the same month a year
ago.
Most of that gain came from surging
children's/YA sales, up $44 million in January compared to a year ago, at $144
million. Adult sales rose $10 million, at $362 million.
Total ebook sales for January were $137
million, up $15.5 million or 12 percent -- exactly in line with the overall
rise in sales for the month -- again pulled by strong Veronica Roth sales.
Adult ebooks totalled $116 million (up $5 million) and children's/YA ebooks
rose by $8 million, at $21 million for the month. As was the case this time
last year, ebooks comprised 27 percent of trade sales for the month.
eBooks were the single largest selling
format in adult books this time, slightly ahead of $113.5 million in sales for
trade paperbacks.
Prominent UK literary agent Deborah Rogers died
yesterday, of a suspected heart attack, the Bookseller reports. Rogers,
Coleridge and White confirmed the death of its chairman -- who was presented
with a lifetime achievement award just weeks ago at the London Book Fair. One
of her authors, Kazuo Ishiguro, commented: "I'm groping for
consolations in the face of this loss, but one of them is that she departed
absolutely at the top of her game, knowing no decline. In the last few months,
she was sharper, wiser, more energetic than at any time in the 34 years I've
known her."
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