Cookbooks, Children’s Books Up in UK This Year

Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Cookery and children’s titles surge in popularity:

Cookbooks, one of the book trade’s richest earners, reached new moneyspinning heights this year, according to the analyst Nielsen BookScan.

Jamie Oliver’s Jamie’s Dinners sold �7.4m worth, Gillian McKeith’s You Are What You Eat Cookbook �3.2m and Nigella Lawson’s Feast Food That Celebrates Life �3m, helping to give food and drink books nearly 22% growth since last November.

Sales of children’s books rose 23%, invigorated by the latest Harry Potter (right) and rising popularity of other authors. Fiction grew 5% in value, non-fiction 3.3%. The overall books market was up 6.3%.

A cheery contrast to the many whiny articles that often surface.

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