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    2017 in review

    Translated fiction in the UK: The stats

    Ahead of our next event, ‘The Future of Literature in Translation‘, Nielsen BookScan’s Jaclyn Swope shares the data we need to know about translated titles.

    Jaclyn Swope May 25, 2017
    Ebook technologies

    Who is buying and reading ebooks?

    With further reports of a decline in ebook sales, we share Geethik Technologies’ insights into who’s reading ebooks (this blog post first appeared on the Geethik Technologies blog).

    Geethik Technologies May 19, 2017

    Death of digital overstated in recent report

    The Publishers Association numbers show consumer ebook sales have collapsed by 17 per cent, but physical book sales are up by 8 per cent[1]. The media took…

    Tom Grayson May 15, 2017
    Self-employed in publishing

    BookMachine April Wrap: Publishing stories from around the web

    This month in publishing news, there has been an unusual obsession with the smell of books. Not only did scientists pin-point that distinctive smell of…

    Jasmin Kirkbride April 26, 2017

    Print’s not dead, so what’s next for it? [Winning blog idea March]

    Each month BookMachine offers a community member, with great ideas, the chance to write on the site. March’s winner was Percie Edgeler who writes about the…

    Percie Edgeler April 14, 2017
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    BookMachine February Wrap: Publishing stories from around the web

    This month in publishing, booksellers have taken the spotlight, with Waterstones announcing their first year of profit since the 2008 financial crash. In fact, Bookstore…

    Jasmin Kirkbride February 21, 2017

    It seems that there’s not a publishing skills shortage at all

    Peter McKay is Chief Executive of the Publishing Training Centre. He joined the PTC in 2011 after 34 years in educational, scholarly and professional publishing.…

    Peter McKay February 3, 2017
    2017 in review

    A day in the life of a Publisher Account Manager at Nielsen Book Research

    Jaclyn Swope is a Publisher Account Manager on the Book Research team at Nielsen BookScan, where she assists a variety of publishers with understanding and utilising…

    Jaclyn Swope November 16, 2016

    Diverge! How thinking differently could boost your career

    In an industry that outsources most of its physical tasks and processes, what’s the one thing that can set you and your organisation apart from…

    Sam Perkins November 6, 2016

    Key trends in the global book market at Frankfurt Book Fair

    Every year, the Frankfurt Book Fair is one of the largest gatherings for the international publishing world and for the second year in a row,…

    Nielsen Marketing October 13, 2016

    Irish book sales up by 20% as feel-good factor returns to publishing

    The book trade in Ireland is booming with sales up by more than 20 per cent to date this year. Here are some of the…

    BookMachine October 10, 2016

    Publishers Association findings from post-Brexit survey

    The Publishers Association have released findings of a post-Brexit survey used to identify the key priorities for the industry going forward. This included ensuring a…

    BookMachine Staff August 4, 2016
    2017 in review

    Where we read what: UK regions and their reading habits

    While most popular books tend to have their sales spread throughout the country, I always find it interesting to look at how sales differ when…

    Jaclyn Swope July 15, 2016
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    Free Nielsen key findings report: The UK Children’s & YA Book Consumer

    Since 2012, Nielsen Book UK has undertaken a Children’s Deep-Dive Study each summer to investigate children’s book reading and buying habits in the context of…

    BookMachine July 11, 2016
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    Book fair survey results are in

    This month BookMachine and Frankfurt Book Fair ran a survey to find out more about your behaviour and opinions about book fairs. The winner received…

    BookMachine July 5, 2016
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