First quarter US print book sales fared well all things considered, according to Circana Bookscan, declining just 1 percent (or 2.3 million units) compared to the same period a year ago. The primary difference is in the timing of Easter week — last year, Easter fell in March, and sales spiked by more than 2.3 million units in the week before the holiday. Adult fiction continued to lead the market, growing 1.9 million units in the quarter, helped by the release of Rebecca Yarros’s ONYX STORM. Bookscan notes that “classics also saw a boost led by backlist dystopian titles.” While […]
