London Book Fair 2013

Special link: London Book Fair 2013

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Twilight leads boost in children's book sales

The Twilight series of vampire books by Stephenie Meyer has boosted the sale of children's books and sales of picture books are also up. Children's books are looking healthy in a market which is shrinking slightly in the recession. Annual figures from Nielson BookScan show children's book sales in 2009 were up 4.9% in volume and picture book sales were up by 13% on 2008. Children's Laureate Anthony Browne says he is incredibly pleased and surprised. Latest figures for the book sector as a whole from Nielson BookScan show UK book sales are down 0.5% in terms of volume and down 1.2% in terms of value. More than 60 million children's books were sold in the UK last year (excluding text books), bringing in £293m to the book industry. The Twilight books of modern-day vampires (various editions) by Ms Meyer take the five top slots in a list of the 100 children's best sellers for last year

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