Benchmarks Sensex and the Nifty tumbled under huge selling pressure for the sixth trading session last Friday by overseas funds. During the day, the 30-stock BSE Sensex climbed 1263 points, eventually closing 588 points to end at 46,285, while the NSE Nifty fell 182 points to settle at 13,634 levels.Read More →
Book sales are still on the rise after a strong start to 2021. Last week, unit sales of printed books jumped 18% in the week ended Jan. 25, 2020, at outlets that report from NPD BookScan. In the previous week, unit sales increased nearly 23% from 2020, leading to aRead More →
Sales of printed books in the UK were surprisingly strong in 2020. According to preliminary results from Nielsen BookScan data, unit sales of printed books reached 202 million during the year, 5.2% more than ‘in 2019. The total value of books sold is estimated at £ 1.76 billion, up 5.5%Read More →
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BRAZIL – 12/09/2020: In this photo, the logo of Pacific Biosciences of California (PacBio) … [+] seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images After a sharp 13-fold increase from levels on MarchRead More →
HANOVER – When the Dartmouth bookstore closed at the end of 2019, Allie Levy saw a business opportunity. Levy, a Dartmouth graduate in 2011, had worked in retail and publishing in New York and Denver, but was still looking for a way back to the Upper Valley. Less than aRead More →
Netflix’s hit show, Bridgerton, led to renewed demand for Julia Quinn’s Regency-era novels which form the basis of the eight-episode program. Netflix released Bridgerton on December 25 and since then HarperCollins ‘Avon imprint reports that it has sold a total of 750,000 copies of the series’ books, including 285,000 copiesRead More →
Unit sales of printed books continue to exceed 2020 figures in the first few weeks of 2021. For the week ended January 16, 2021, units jumped 22.7% from the comparable week of 2020 in points sales that fall under NPD BookScan. In the context of the January 6 insurgency inRead More →
Year-end book sales across Europe were slammed by December closures after Covid-19 cases rose across the continent. Nonetheless, preliminary results from three main markets show that the declines for the year as a whole have been modest. In Germany, Europe’s largest book market, sales rose 25% in the first twoRead More →
Unit sales of printed books got off to a flying start in 2021. Sales jumped 19.3% last week during the week ended Jan. 2 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Additionally, units are up nearly 25% from the comparable week of 2020. With sales reaching 17.1 million, BookScan saidRead More →
NEW DELHI: After a massive rally, investors took profits in metal stocks while auto and banking names also dragged benchmarks on Tuesday amid weak and uncertain global indices. The volatility indicator also rose slightly, reflecting the nervousness of the street. Valuations have also stretched now, but analysts are expecting betterRead More →