Brands Featured

  • waterstones.com
  • whsmith.co.uk
  • theworks.co.uk
  • penguin.co.uk
  • penguinrandomhouse.com
  • wob.com
  • barnesandnoble.com
  • thriftbooks.com
  • bloomsbury.com
  • blackwells.co.uk
  • hive.co.uk
  • scholastic.co.uk
  • harpercollins.co.uk
  • forbiddenplanet.com
  • bookshop.org
  • guinnessworldrecords.com
  • foliosociety.com
  • eden.co.uk
  • faber.co.uk
  • kobo.com
  • peterharrington.co.uk
  • books4people.co.uk
  • foyles.co.uk
  • macmillan.com
  • lovereading4kids.co.uk
  • blurb.co.uk
  • abebooks.com
  • books2door.com
  • usborne.com
  • psbooks.co.uk
  • dauntbooks.co.uk
  • dk.com
  • labourandwait.co.uk
  • wordery.com
  • wonderbly.com
  • awesomebooks.com
  • biblio.co.uk
  • alibris.co.uk
  • imagecomics.com
  • thebookpeople.co.uk
  • headline.co.uk
  • taschen.com
  • easons.com
  • hurstpublishers.com
  • blacklibrary.com
  • counter-print.co.uk
  • hatchards.co.uk
  • nationalbooktokens.com
  • bitebackpublishing.com
  • londonreviewbookshop.co.uk

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What to expect inside

  • 2023 Book Industry Report Front Cover
  • 2023 Book Industry Index Page
  • 2023 Book Industry Report Vis Year On Year
  • 2023 Book Industry Report Winners & Losers

Latest insights

  • guinnessworldrecords.com has the best brand reach score in the book industry
  • macmillan.com has the best page speed across both mobile and desktop - for the second year running
  • Sites that have grown considerably in SEO visibility YOY are: waterstones.com, penguin.co.uk, and penguinrandomhouse.com
  • Sites that have lost visibility in the last year are: bookdepository.com, theworks.co.uk and blackwells.co.uk

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50 Brands ranked

Updated Aug 2023

What to expect from our online book industry report

Our Salience Search Index is an annual report looking at the online performance of over 60 industries. In this edition, we have collected everything you need to know about the book industry. We’ve pursued all the leading brands, from booksellers to book publishers, to find out who’s doing well and why.

Turn the pages of our Booksellers Marketing Report, and you will find which brands have the most inspiring marketing strategy. We look at various metrics, such as visibility, brand reach, page speed and social score. You’ll also discover where your brand sits in the stack, which of your competitors have done well this year, and with which metrics, so you can see what you can do to take your digital marketing to the next level.

Download the Salience Booksellers Industry Report today to get the full low-down on your competition and keywords to target, or read on for some sneak peeks.

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