Circana BookScan reports that adult fiction in the US market saw its best holiday sales (for print) in five years. Overall, US print sales are just 2.6 percent behind 2022—a better finish than expected—and given book price increases, US publishers may see improved sales on a dollar basis in 2023 versus 2022. In the UK, Nielsen BookScan expects 2023 to finish a little better than 2022 on the basis of sales earnings but not unit sales.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
