Sales of printed books soared to a three-year high in the UK last week as shoppers flooded the high street in search of last-minute Christmas gifts.

A total of £75.4m was spent on printed books in the seven days to 22nd December - up 19.3% (£12.2m) on the previous week. Sales were up 1% (£1.4m) on the comparative...

Ian Rankin has become the first Scottish writer, and only the seventh British novelist, to pass the £50m print sales barrier since official records began. Thanks to a huge surge in sales of his books since he picked up the Outstanding Achievement gong at the Specsavers National Book Awards earlier this month, Rankin breezed passed the...

Pressure on higher education funding, the shift to digital, and changing retail patterns are all being cited as reasons for the year-on-year sales drop experienced by nearly of all the major academic publishers this autumn.

Nielsen BookScan Total Consumer Market (TCM) statistics for the eight weeks to 3rd November 2012, covering the...

Spending on printed books in 2012 has passed the £1bn mark, but a fortnight later than last year. According to Nielsen BookScan data, sales of physical books in the week ending 6th October totalled £33.9m in the UK, pushing the total for the year to date into ten figures. Last year, the trade passed the £1bn mark two weeks...