Print book sales continued to soar in February, with units jumping 25.7% in the first week of the month compared to the first week of February 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan . The increase was the highest so far this year, and print book unit sales increasedRead More →
Welcome to ETMarkets Watch, the show about stocks, market trends and ideas for making money. I am Nikhil Agarwal and here are the headlines at this hour. Fuel prices continue to break records after latest hikeAdar Poonawalla takes control of Magma Fincorp, shares gain 10%Coal India Q3 PAT plunges 21%,Read More →
Stock markets have created another lifetime high. The most important benchmarks have been on a tear since the shortest bear market we have seen last March. We are now witnessing the sharpest rally in market history, with major global indices hitting all-time highs. This is against the backdrop of oneRead More →
Silver prices fell more than 2% on Tuesday as investors booked profits after rallying as much as 11.2% to hit a nearly eight-year high in the previous session. FUNDAMENTALS Spot silver fell 1.7% to $28.48 an ounce at 0039 GMT, after hitting $30.03 on Monday, its highest level since FebruaryRead More →
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 →
The benchmark Sensex index on the Bombay Stock Exchange closed above the 46,000 mark for the first time on Wednesday. In the past month, since closing above the 42,000 mark on November 9, the Sensex has passed five milestones. After rising more than 4,200 points or 10% in the pastRead More →
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President Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land” broke sales records from day one. Getty Images Former US President Barack Obama just released his memoir two days ago, and it is already on its way to becoming the best-selling presidential memoir of all time. But how does it compare to otherRead More →
As the haze around the US election result began to lift Thursday morning, the benchmark Sensex at BSE and Nifty at NSE jumped 1.8% and approached their respective historic highs levels seen in January of this year. The Sensex closed at 41,340, just 604 points or 1.4% lower than itsRead More →
A new book that will be on every veterinarian’s and horse breeder’s Christmas list has just been released. Half the Riddle (from Rood and Riddle) was written by Tom Riddle, DVM, one of the co-founders of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. The book includes stories from her childhood and career,Read More →
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury announced its highest-grossing first half in more than a decade, after a box-tired nation fueled a foreclosure boom in book sales. The company has put staff on leave as the coronavirus crisis forced the publishing industry to shut down, but has seen a remarkable change inRead More →
The Claim: It’s unclear how Joe Biden acquired his recent fortune since stepping down in 2017 Former Vice President Joe Biden’s financial transparency, or his absence, has become a hot topic in the closing days of the 2020 campaign. As Eric Trump used a false statement on Biden’s homeownership toRead More →
A number of summer’s top bestsellers, a resurgence of interest in social justice books, and the continued demand by parents for both educational and entertaining children’s books have combined to continue to increase prices. unit sales of printed books through the third quarter of this year. According to NPD BookScan,Read More →
Gold’s bull run from 2000 to 2012 saw seven reasonably sized corrections. Although the fundamentals support higher prices, the pace at which prices were rising was a concern and the yellow metal was overdue for a correction. The price of gold, after hitting an all-time high of 55,922 rupees perRead More →
UK book sales hit record highs in 2019, driven by an increase in audiobook and non-fiction titles, new figures released as publishers warn of the huge impact the coronavirus pandemic has had over the industry. Book sales reached £ 6.3 billion in 2019, up 4% from 2018, when sales fellRead More →
S Naren, chief investment officer of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, the country’s third-largest asset management company, explains the importance of selling or booking profits. He advises investors to use the word ‘change’ instead of ‘sell’, which will make it easier for them to exit an overheated asset at the rightRead More →
The Nifty50 index rebounded around 40% from its March 23 lows. It is still 12% below its January highs, but much of the rise has occurred without any discernible improvement in the real economy. Financial experts attributed the rebound to central bank liquidity rather than fundamentals. Does that mean investorsRead More →
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Bloomsbury Publishing has warned that sales of physical books could drop as much as 65% if government restrictions on the movement of people continue until the summer. The company behind Harry potter exposed the possible blow to print sales – which account for around four-fifths of its revenue – inRead More →
The Williamsburg Regional Library is collecting borrowed library books during the coronavirus. (WYDaily file/Courtesy of Unsplash) As the Williamsburg Regional Library changed its operations amid the coronavirus pandemic, it also stopped collecting material donations. When WRL first closed in mid-March, many different programs and operations moved to online platforms. ButRead More →
When the coronavirus spread to the United States this spring, most of the entertainment industry went into hibernation, as theaters, concert halls, museums, Broadway and film production sets closed. Publishing, however, seemed more resilient: books have remained available online and stand out as an art form that can be easilyRead More →
Edward Snowden is not entitled to any profit from the sale of his memoir and the US government can instead claim the proceeds, a federal judge has found in a decision yesterday. “The contractual language is clear” The National Security Agency’s head of leaks published the book, titled Permanent recording,Read More →
One group of stocks has dominated the market this year: homebuilders. The ITB homebuilder ETF has soared more than 50% this year, catching up after cracking in 2018. “We’ve looked at all the major homebuilders, and you can see how well they’ve outperformed the S&P 500 year-to-date by more thanRead More →
The Justice Department says Edward Snowden, seen here via video feed, violated nondisclosure agreements he signed with the National Security Agency and the CIA with the release of his new memoir, Permanent record. Juliette Linderman/AP hide caption toggle caption Juliette Linderman/AP The Justice Department says Edward Snowden, seen here viaRead More →
Edward Snowden, seen on a video screen, talks about his book during a live broadcast. Snowden is … [+] currently living in Russia, which granted him asylum. Photo by Jörg Carstense dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Topline: Edward Snowden, still considered a traitor by the US government, had the highlyRead More →
The Justice Department has filed a civil suit against Edward Snowden that would recover all proceeds from his recently released memoir, the Department announced tuesday. The charges coincide with the official publication of the book, titled Permanent record. Snowden’s memoirs were reportedly not submitted to the CIA or NSA forRead More →
If data is now the most profitable commodity of the 21st century, it is also fast becoming the one with the highest political and social risks. Increasingly, our most pressing real-world crises — from election hacking and virulent nationalism to livestreamed mass shootings and digitally driven job losses — centerRead More →
Anyone who’s bought used books on Amazon has probably come across Thrift Books. It was launched in 2003 as a pure Amazon seller. Today, with its own website and sales through other channels, its annual revenue has grown to $150 million. It is the largest used book seller in theRead More →
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A June 2018 report from the Authors ‘Licensing and Collecting Society found that authors’ income had… [+] has fallen by 42% over the past ten years. Pexels.com HarperCollins reported $ 490 million in sales for the most recent quarter on Thursday, up $ 83 million from the same quarter inRead More →
Breadcrumb Links Retail Marketing The change in format from physical books to e-books has flattened in recent years, but people continue to buy more physical books online Author of the article: Hollie shaw Release date : Jan 30, 2017 • January 30, 2017 • 2 minutes to read • JoinRead More →
Photo: Valmont Industries Text size A few weeks ago, Valmont Industries (ticker: VMI ), a manufacturer of irrigation systems for agricultural crops, announced surprisingly good quarterly results. While its markets have not shown much improvement, restructuring initiatives have started to bear fruit. Management expects earnings per share to rise 12%Read More →
East London has no shortage of cafes. But an unassuming cafe, next to a print shop and barber shop, and opposite Hackney’s New Era housing estate, has no plans to become the next hot spot for the artisan roast and biscotti brigade . Trew Era Cafe, a social enterprise staffedRead More →
What is a positive company? It’s the idea that businesses can and should not only create economic value, but also provide great places to work, be a good neighbor and help solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. So how does this apply to finance? Michigan Ross professor Wayne BakerRead More →
The exit strategy is an important aspect of investing, but easier said than done. When should you sell? When valuations are high, or when the price has risen too soon, or should you wait until it’s time to meet your financial goals? There may not be one, or even oneRead More →
A lucky few have made big bucks from self-publishing Many writers do not recoup their investments Companies help writers get their %u2014 books published for a fee In the spring of 2010, Amanda Hocking, a social worker from Rochester, Minnesota, downloaded several books she was working on from Amazon.com. InRead More →