NPD Acquires Nielsen U.S. Market Information and Research Services for Book Industry

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NPD Acquires Nielsen U.S. Market Information and Research Services for Book Industry Services Cover Physical and Digital Sales Tracking, Consumer Insights, and More Port Washington, NY, January 20, 2017 — The NPD Group announced that it has acquired Nielsen’s U.S. market information and research services for the book industry.  The acquisition includes: U.S.-based BookScan, PubTrack™ Digital, PubTrack™ Higher Education, PubTrack™ Christian, Books & Consumers™, PubEasy®, and PubNet®.  These services will be part of NPD Book, a new U.S. practice area that…

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ECPA annnounces the bestselling books of 2015

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ECPA annnounces the bestselling books of 2015 ECPA has released the bestselling Christian titles of 2015, according to sales data from Nielsen Bookscan.  View the year’s bestselling Christian titles in the following categories: Top 100, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Juvenile, Bibles, Translations, Bibles under $10, Books under $5 at ChristianBookExpo.com.   The year’s bestselling Christian book:  Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson) Top Fiction title: The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn (Frontline)  Top Bible: Adventure Bible NIV (Zonderkidz) Bibles under $10: Santa Biblia-RV (Barbour) Bible Translation:  New International Version…

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ECPA to present industry’s most comprehensive data at upcoming Leadership Summit, April 28-30, Colorado Springs; Registration discounts end Friday

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ECPA to present industry’s most comprehensive data at upcoming Leadership Summit, April 28-30, Colorado Springs; Registration discounts end Friday For the first time in our industry, attendees of ECPA’s upcoming Leadership Summit will be presented with the most comprehensive, multi-channel data provided by Nielsen BookScan and representing 85% retail sales, including POS, publisher, digital, and consumer. The session titled “What We Now Know” led by Nielsen’s Charlie Friscia will give the first-ever broad snapshot of the Christian publishing industry through…

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ECPA To Launch Industry’s Most Comprehensive Multi-Channel Bestsellers List

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ECPA To Launch Industry’s Most Comprehensive Multi-Channel Bestsellers List As was announced earlier in the year,  ECPA’s data provider Bowker was bought by Nielsen, who is now the new provider of the ECPA bestseller lists. ECPA and Nielsen are in the process of mapping the new Christian bestseller list, which  will be by-far the most comprehensive multi-channel data ever produced in the industry.  ECPA hopes to launch with the March bestsellers list and will provide archives for January and February using…

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