UK publishers prosper

OUTSTANDING sales of bestsellers from authors such as John Le Carre and Stephen King and the autobiography of soccer star Kenny…

OUTSTANDING sales of bestsellers from authors such as John Le Carre and Stephen King and the autobiography of soccer star Kenny Dalglish helped book publishers Hodder Headline achieve a Christmas sales boost.

The company said sales on a like-for-like basis grew by 9 per cent in 1996 compared with the previous year. In the last three months of the year sales rose by 12 per cent compared with the same quarter in 1995.