According to a February Bookscan report, found in Publishing Perspectives, although GN sales remain strong, they slowed down in the first six weeks of 2023, down 13% from 2022, with juvenile comics declining for the first time in more than a decade. And, lest we forget, graphic novels count as books.Īll this comes amidst a general slowdown for comics and graphic novel sales earlier this year. The resiliency of the book market seems counter intuitive given the end of homebound pandemic reading…but a book is a remarkably sturdy platform for entertainment. As we reported earlier, indie bookstores are among the most recession proof businesses. Sales in 2023 were $1.60 billion, up from $1.40 billion in the first two months of 2022.Ĭircana figures show book sales as slat, for the same period, but it’s a hopeful sign that book sales won’t be completely tanked by whatever economic upheaval we’re going through right now. The combination of the two strong months resulted in a 14.3% rise in bookstore sales in the first two months of 2023 over the comparable period in 2022. The February increase followed a nearly 16% sales jump in January sales. Census Bureau, February bookstore sales increased 10.7% over last year, rising to $609 According to preliminary figures from the U.S.
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