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Harpercollins Revenues generated $504 million dollars, which was a 23% increase, in the last three months of 2020. Revenues basically soared due to the Christmas season and everyone buying them as gifts. The bulk of the sales were placed online, at retailers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble and thousands of other bookstores all over the world.
The revenue growth was primarily due to higher sales in every category with the success of titles such as Didn’t See That Coming by Rachel Hollis, The Happy in a Hurry Cookbook by Steve Doocy, The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne and Code Name Bananas by David Walliams. Digital sales increased 15% compared to the prior year, driven by growth in both e-book and downloadable audiobook sales. These formats combined accounted for 18% of the publishers total sales.
David Walliams applauded for heartwarming gesture to teachers in lockdown
The BGT star is a popular children s book author January 10, 2021 - 15:07 GMT Nichola Murphy Britain s Got Talent s David Walliams delighted fans by revealing the sweet way he is helping children learn during the third COVID-19 lockdown.
David Walliams has unveiled the heartwarming way he is helping children learn during the third coronavirus lockdown.
With more school closures, children are once again forced to learn remotely – a challenge that has been keenly felt by both parents and teachers.
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Britain s Got Talent judge David told his Twitter followers that many teachers have reached out to him for help during this difficult time.
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Mr Osman’s debut novel, The Thursday Murder Club, sold 134,500 copies in the week up to Saturday, more than double the former US president’s 66,500 sales. It is the first debut novel to top the Christmas sales charts.
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Pointless co-host Richard Osman s debut novel The Thursday Murder Club was the UK s best-selling book in the last full week before Christmas.
The murder mystery sold 134,500 copies in the week up to Saturday.
That s more than double the next biggest seller - Barack Obama s memoir A Promised Land, which sold 66,500.
David Walliams, who has been at number one for three of the past four Christmases, is at number three with Code Name Bananas, on 55,000 sales.
Osman s book had the highest sales for a Christmas number one since Jamie Oliver a decade ago, according to The Bookseller, and is the first debut novel to be Christmas number one since current records began in the late 1990s.
The best-selling author of Jasper Jones returns with yet another an achingly mesmeric coming of age tale.
For the global politics junkie: A Promised Land by Barack Obama. The two-term American President looks back on what is surely one of the 21st Century s most remarkable lives with candour, insight and trademark cool.
For the Australian politics devotee: Sex, Lies And Question Time by Kate Ellis. Want to know what it s like to a female politician in the 21st Century? You won t get a more up close, personal and sometimes disturbing look than the one provided by this former PM.
For the environmentalist: A Life On Our Planet by David Attenborough