The Amazon spotlight pick for the month is Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead and their featured debut is Snowflake by Louise Nealon.
Archives for September 2021
WH Smith Says Travel Store Sales Are A Little Less Terrible
On the initial close of their fiscal year, UK retailer WH Smith is “encouraged by the improving trends” at their travel stores, which operated at 55 percent of fiscal 2019’s sales in the second half of the year. At their High Street bookstores, results have been flat or slightly declining during the fiscal year: The first quarter was up to 88 percent of pre-pandemic 2019 sales; Q2 was at 84 percent; and the second half was at 85 percent, but the most recent 8 weeks were are 84 percent. The company says, “We continue to focus on the return on […]
Beijing Book Fair Reschedules for September
After an abrupt postponement right before its planned start on August 25, the Beijing International Book Fair announced that it will proceed, running from September 14 through September 18. As previously planned, they will run a digital edition in parallel with the live fair. The BIBF International Publishing Forum is set to open on September 12, with much of the focus on technology and the education and STM professional publishing sectors.