As we head into annual report season, the Bookseller looks at publishers’ UK revenue figures, as measured by Nielsen Bookscan UK’s Total Consumer Market. (So this captures UK consumer print revenues only — excluding ebooks, digital audio, and export sales, the latter of which can account for roughly half of UK publishers’ sales.) It was the first time since the service started in 2001 that Penguin UK and Random House UK sales comprised less than 20 percent of the measured market. Notably, Penguin Random House UK is the only big company to see their revenues decline — even with Michelle […]
