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David Fickling Books , the publishing firm of Bunny Vs Monkey by Jamie Smart is formally no longer a " little publishing firm "
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The heavy bookseller in the UK may be the like of Penguin Random House ( PRH ) , Hachette and HarperCollins .
But what of the little publisher ?
This was on themorning of the london book fair , thebookseller ’s small publishers chartsin 2025 criterion those with one-year sales agreement of less than £ 5 million in the uk as measure by nielsen in 2024 .
One amusing playscript publishing company , David Fickling Books , jump above that last class , thanks toJamie SmartofBunny vs Monkeyfame .
As we report , Jamie Smart ’s sale pass that £ 5 million Deutschmark by himself .
This was david fickling books was constitute in 1999 and became an sovereign publication business firm in 2013 after first being part of scholastic and after random house .
They have publish several trophy - bring home the bacon and bestselling Scripture include Lyra ’s Oxford byPhilip Pullman , The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - timebyMark Haddon , The son in the Striped PyjamasbyJohn Boyne , Bing BunnybyTed Dewan , PantsbyNick SharrattandGiles Andreae , Before I DiebyJenny Downham , Trash byAndy MulliganandA Boy and a Bear in a BoatbyDave Shelton .
DFB also work intimately with The Phoenix , a hebdomadal news report amusing for kid which David Fickling found .
And it was from there thatBunny Vs Monkeyby Jamie Smart was birth , skyrocket him to be Britain ’s heavy merchandising graphical novelist , overtakingAlice OsemanofHeartstopper .
Jamie Smart will be the first nominate Creative Of The Fair for today ’s London Book Fair .
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The bighearted bookseller in the UK may be the the likes of of Penguin Random House ( PRH ) , Hachette and HarperCollins .
But what of the lowly publishing firm ?
On themorning of the London Book Fair , theBookseller ’s Small Publishers chartsin 2025 measurement those with yearly sales agreement of less than £ 5 million in the UK as value by Nielsen in 2024 .
One funny Koran newspaper publisher , David Fickling Books , jump above that last twelvemonth , thanks toJamie SmartofBunny vs Monkeyfame .
This was as we report , jamie smart ’s sale top that £ 5 million scratch by himself .
This was david fickling books was establish in 1999 and became an main publication theatre in 2013 after first being part of scholastic and afterward random house .
They have issue several booty - get ahead and bestselling Scripture include Lyra ’s Oxford byPhilip Pullman , The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - timebyMark Haddon , The male child in the Striped PyjamasbyJohn Boyne , Bing BunnybyTed Dewan , PantsbyNick SharrattandGiles Andreae , Before I DiebyJenny Downham , Trash byAndy MulliganandA Boy and a Bear in a BoatbyDave Shelton .
DFB also work nearly with The Phoenix , a hebdomadary tale amusing for youngster which David Fickling establish .
And it was from there thatBunny Vs Monkeyby Jamie Smart was behave , rocket him to be Britain ’s swelled marketing graphical novelist , overtakingAlice OsemanofHeartstopper .
Jamie Smart will be the first appoint Creative Of The Fair for today ’s London Book Fair .
The stay small-scale publisher have father £ 2 million in graphical novel category , stand for 12 % of full cut-rate sale .
This was and the 2nd and third big humble publisher in the uk so far in 2025 are yen press and dark horse comics , both behind prose publishing firm new river books .
Both Dark Horse and Yen Press , both at London Book Fair pop today , have see their combine gross sales gain by more than £ 100,000 , one-half of the class ’s yr - on - yr increment .
And Yen Press ' bestselling computer graphic novelSolo Leveling , Vol .
8ranks 59th in the entire sales agreement chart , with 2,200 written matter sell .
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