The Art of Knitting partwork is still strong many weeks in. It is by far the most successful partwork I have seen this year.
We are fortunate to not have the supply issues of others and so our view of the title benefits from the protection of good supply – but this goes to show what a good title can achieve if challenges in the partworks supply chain – from UK publisher through – are addressed.
Newsagents want what publishers and distributors want – to sell more magazines. The current model which cuts supply to lower than presold quantities works against all stakeholders. While I understand significant moves are being made to address supply issues, these cannot happen soon enough.