1.   Only a tiny fraction of our profit comes from book sales.

2.   Book sales over the Internet are chipping away at the profits of retail bookstores.

3.   Bingo in Swaffham, book sales, craft fairs, cream teas, open gardens.

4.   Industry estimates predict that VAT could cut book sales by a fifth.

5.   Although last year was by all accounts a poor one for book sales, no other major publisher has cut back so pervasively.

6.   Although he has not presented evidence that he has lost book sales or clients because of such instances, he argues that the potential is there.

7.   Amazon is expected to benefit from its early lead and its online prowess, grabbing a part of book sales that are expected to move to the Web.

8.   And, of course, all the pre-publication publicity is not likely to hurt book sales.

9.   At a bookstore associated with a four-year college, about a quarter of all book sales involve used books, McCann said.

10.   At the same time, book sales for a few discounted titles skyrocketed.