Nielsen Book Research International Calendar 2016

1 SEPTEMBER Week: S M T W T F S 201635 1 2 3 201636 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 201637 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 201638 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 201639 25 26 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER Week: S M T W T F S 201639 1 201640 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 201641 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 201642 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 201643 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 201644 30 31 NOVEMBER Week.

2 S M T W T F S 201644 1 2 3 4 5 201645 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 201646 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 201647 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 201648 27 28 29 30 DECEMBER Week: S M T W T F S 201648 1 2 3 201649 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 201650 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 201651 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 201652 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JANUARY Week.

3 S M T W T F S 201553 1 2 201601 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 201602 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 201603 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 201604 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 201605 31 MAY Week: S M T W T F S 201618 1 2 3 4 5 268 7 201619 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 201620 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 201621 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 201622 29 30 31 AUGUST Week: S M T W T F S 201631 1 2 3 4 5 6 201632 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 201633 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 201634 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 201635 28 29 30 31 APRIL Week.

4 S M T W T F S 201613 1 2 201614 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 201615 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 201616 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 201617 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Nielsen book Research International Calendar 2016 Nielsen book Research International Calendar 2016 Copyright 2016 Nielsen book Services Limited [trading as: Nielsen book Research ] Nielsen and the Nielsen logo are trademarks for Nielsen Holdings (NYSE: NLSN)2015 Nielsen book Research4-Weekly DataPeriod 201601 (03/01-30/01)Period 201602 (31/01-27/02)Period 201603 (28/02-26/03)Period 201604 (27/03-23/04)Period 201605 (24/04-21/05)Period 201606 (22/05-18/06)Period 201607 (19/06-16/07)Period 201608 (17/07-13/08)Period 201609 (14/08-10/09)Period 201610 (11/09-08/10)Period 201611 (09/10-05/11)Period 201612 (06/11-03/12)Period 201613 (04/12-31/12)Qtr 201601 (03/01 - 26/03)Qtr 201602 (27/03 - 18/06)Qtr 201603 (19/06 - 10/09)Qtr 201604 (11/09 - 03/12)Qtr 201605 (04/11 - 31/12)Quarterly DataDate for Online Scheduler*5 Feb4 Mar1 Apr29 Apr27 May24 Jun22 Jul19 Aug16 Sep14 Oct11 Nov9 Dec6 Jan (2017)

5 New Year s Day 1 Jan Good Friday 25 MarEaster Monday 28 MarMay Day Bank Holiday 2 MayLate May Bank Holiday 30 MayLate August Bank Holiday 29 AugChristmas Day Bank Holiday 26 DecBoxing Day Bank Holiday 27 DecOnline data is normally processed one day later in the event of each Bank HolidayBANK HOLIDAYS / KEY DATES*Online data is normally available on the Tuesday evening after the period / qtr end day. We advise clients to schedule reports to run on the Wed morning (1am 7am) on the dates noted due to heavy user loads on the Tuesday note about Bank Holiday processing (far left).Contact Nielsen book ResearchThe definitive retail monitoring service for booksTel: +44 (0)1483 712 222 Fax: +44 (0)1483 712 201 Email: Week: S M T W T F S 201605 1 2 3 4 5 6 201606 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 201607 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 201608 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 201609 28 29 MARCH Week.

6 S M T W T F S 201609 1 2 3 4 5 201610 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 201611 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 201612 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 201613 27 28 29 30 31 JUNE Week: S M T W T F S 201622 1 2 3 4 201623 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 201624 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 201625 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 201626 26 27 28 29 30 JULY Week.

7 S M T W T F S 201626 1 2 201627 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 201628 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 201629 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 201630 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 201631 31 Nielsen book Research International Calendar 20164 Week RangeQuarter RangeWeek End DateSun Start Date03-Jan-1610-Jan-1617-Jan-1624-Jan-16 31-Jan-1607-Feb-1614-Feb-1621-Feb-1628-F eb-1606-Mar-1613-Mar-1620-Mar-1627-Mar-1 603-Apr-1610-Apr-1617-Apr-1624-Apr-1601- May-1608-May-1615-May-1622-May-1629-May- 1605-Jun-1612-Jun-1619-Jun-1626-Jun-1603 -Jul-1610-Jul-1617-Jul-1624-Jul-1631-Jul -1607-Aug-1614-Aug-1621-Aug-1628-Aug-160 4-Sep-1611-Sep-1618-Sep-1625-Sep-1602-Oc t-1609-Oct-1616-Oct-1623-Oct-1630-Oct-16 06-Nov-1613-Nov-1620-Nov-1627-Nov-1604-D ec-1611-Dec-1618-Dec-1625-Dec-1609-Jan-1 616-Jan-1623-Jan-1630-Jan-1606-Feb-1613- Feb-1620-Feb-1627-Feb-1605-Mar-1612-Mar- 1619-Mar-1626-Mar-1602-Apr-1609-Apr-1616 -Apr-1623-Apr-1630-Apr-1607-May-1614-May -1621-May-1628-May-1604-Jun-1611-Jun-161 8-Jun-1625-Jun-1602-Jul-1609-Jul-1616-Ju l-1623-Jul-1630-Jul-1606-Aug-1613-Aug-16 20-Aug-1627-Aug-1603-Sep-1610-Sep-1617-S ep-1624-Sep-1601-Oct-1608-Oct-1615-Oct-1 622-Oct-1629-Oct-1605-Nov-1612-Nov-1619- Nov-1626-Nov-1603-Dec-1610-Dec-1617-Dec- 1624-Dec-1631-Dec-1620160120160220160320 1604201605201606201607201608201609201610 2016112016122016132016142016152016162016 1720161820161920162020162120162220162320 1624201625201626201627201628201629201630 2016312016322016332016342016352016362016 3720163820163920164020164120164220164320 1644201645201646201647201648201649201650 20165120165220160105-Feb-16201602 04-Mar-16201603 01-Apr-16201604 29-Apr-16201605 27-May-1620160624-Jun-16201607 22-Jul-16201608 19-Aug-16201609 16-Sep-16201610 14-Oct-16201611 11-Nov-16201612 09-Dec-1620161306-Jan-17201601 01-Apr-16201602 24-Jun-16201603 16-Sep-16201604 09-Dec-1620160506-Jan-17 Nielsen book Research is the world s largest continuous book sales tracking service operating in the UK, Ireland, Australia, US, South Africa,Italy, Spain, New Zealand, India and Brazil.

8 Nielsen book also collects public library borrowing data in the UK. We collect total transaction data at the point of sale directly from the tills and dispatch systems of all major book retailers. This ensuresthat detailed and highly accurate sales information on which books are selling, and at what price, is available to the book trade. The UK Total Consumer Market (TCM) data covers over 90% of all retail book purchases in the UK the remaining being very specialist sites such as gift shops, specialist booksellers and tourist information centres. This represents sales through 6,500 retailers in the UK each week and charts are available within 72 hours of the week end. Our information is used regularly and effectively by retailers, publishers, wholesalers, distributors and libraries. The Nielsen BookScan bestseller charts appear in the national media including The Sunday you know that Nielsen book Research also produces consumer reports on book purchasing behaviour?

9 Nielsen s Books & Consumers provides publishers and booksellers with valuable insights into the book purchasing behaviour of consumers in the UK and US, helping inform their marketing, sales and editorial strategies. Each year, Nielsen s Books & Consumers tracker collects information on consumer book purchasing of both print and e-books through all sources from 36,000 book consumers aged 13-84 in the UK and 72,000 in the detailed information subscribers gain a deep understanding of book consumers demographics, purchase preferences, book buying behaviours and book shopping occasions. Nielsen s Books & Consumers provides accurate and reliable data, delivered to clients in a variety of OnlineB&QBBC RetailBlackwellBritish MuseumCLC BookshopsDaunt Books Early Learning CentreEason & Son (NI)Eden ProjectEnglish HeritageForbidden PlanetFoylesGames WorkshopHMV MusicIndependents (General & Specialist)Imperial War MuseumInstitute of Contemporary ArtsJohn Smith & SonMorrisonsMothercareNational GalleryNational Portrait GalleryNatural History MuseumQVCRHSR oyal Botanic Garden Kew Saatchi GallerySainsbury sSSG (formerly SPCK)St.

10 Andrew sStanfordsTate GalleryThe Science Museum GroupThe Stationery OfficeTescoTesco OnlineThe book Depository The book People (excluding core range)V&A MuseumWaitroseWaterstonesWaterstones OnlineWH Smith RetailWH Smith OnlineWH Smith TravelWorderyHistorically included:Alpha RetailBooks EtcBooks Etc TravelBordersBritish BookshopsComputer ManualsFopp Music & BooksHughes and Hughes TravelMartins (inc. Forbuoys & McColls)PC OwenWoolworths (via EUK)zavvi (formerly Virgin Retail) Plus sales from: Guardian Media, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Daily Consumer Market (TCM) Nielsen book Research3rd Floor, Midas House, 62 Goldsworth Road,Woking, Surrey GU21 6 LQTel: +44 (0)1483 712 222 Fax: +44 (0)1483 712 201 Email: Website: : Italic dates are the latest contractual date for Nielsen book Research to deliver your Source: Nielsen book Research Nielsen book Research International Calendar 2016 Copyright 2016 Nielsen book Services Limited [trading as: Nielsen book Research ] Nielsen and the Nielsen logo are trademarks for Nielsen Holdings (NYSE: NLSN)