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NEWS FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
PRINT BOOK SALES ROSE AGAIN IN 2016
January 9 , 2017 . Despite a less-than-ideal environment — no breakout bestsellers on the adult fiction side and a lengthy , brutal election cycle that sucked nearly all of the air out of the cultural conversation — unit sales of print books were up 3.3 % in 2016 over 2015 . Total print unit sales hit 674 million , marking the third-straight year of growth , according to Nielsen BookScan , which tracks about 80 % of print sales in the U . S .
Most print formats had an outstanding year , with hardcover up 5.4 %, trade paperback up 4 %, and board books up 7.4 %. Mass market has been on the wane since the introduction of e-books , and its slide continued in 2016 with a 7.7 % drop in unit sales . Physical audio , where sales were down 13.5 % on the year , also took a big hit from digital .
The largest gains came in the adult nonfiction category , where sales were up 6.9 % from 2015 . Several subcategories posted substantial increases , among them crafts and hobbies , where the adult coloring book boom — though slowing down from 2015 ’ s blitz — continues to have a large impact . The religion and self-help areas also saw boosts , though for different reasons . Several big-name religion authors published new titles last year and racked up six-figure sales ( Pope Francis , Lysa Terkeurst , Sarah Young ), whereas backlist powered the self-help category : of the top five self-help titles , only one , Angela Duckworth ’ s Grit , was published in 2016 .
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NEWS FROM WRITER BEWARE
The Writer Beware website has been a standard in rating publishers , agents , etc . for many years . This is particularly important for “ newbies ” to the writing and publishing industry to pay attention to , as you might not know about this site . Before signing with agents or publishers , you should check them on this website .
Their warning about Tate Publishing spells out a great big yellow caution light . This company is a vanity publishing company that creates the illusion of being a traditional publisher .
TROUBLE AT TATE — COULD IT BE THE END OF DAYS ? By Victoria Strauss . Updated Dec . 9,2016 . It ' s hard times lately for " America ' s Top Publisher ," a . k . a . Tate Publishing & Enterprises , a . k . a . one of America ' s most prolific vanity publishers . Tate has been on Writer Beware ' s Thumbs Down Publishers List since the list
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