Sales of ebooks dropped 3% to £538m last year, according to the Publishers Association trade body. But total book sales including physical books rose 6% to £3.5bn, according to the data, led by non-fiction gains. Readers flocked to fitness and self-help books, sending non-fiction sales up 9%, while fiction revenue fell 7%. Exports rose 6% … Read more
Norway is the happiest place on Earth, according to a United Nations agency report – toppling neighbour Denmark from the number one position. The World Happiness Report measures “subjective well-being” – how happy the people are, and why. Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and and Finland round out the top five, while the Central African Republic came … Read more
The Oxford English Dictionary has named “post-truth” the international word of the year after its usage spiked around the Brexit vote and the US election. “It’s not surprising that our choice reflects a year dominated by highly-charged political and social discourse,” Oxford Dictionaries President Casper Grathwohl said in a statement. “Fuelled by the rise of … Read more