Blog-turned-bestseller Pinch of Nom has earned more through the TCM than any other title did in the entirety of 2018, leading the market to a healthy helping of growth.

For the past few years, the print market has been growing consistently but slowly. In 2018, full-year value improved 2.14% against the year before, while volume squeaked into the black with a 0.3% rise. But 2019 is breaking the mould. For the half year—including Unclassified titles—print is up 2.2% in volume, to 82.9 million books sold, and up a stunning 4.4% in value against the first six months of 2018. At £696m earned th...