Results were buoyed by strong sales in higher education course materials, which were up 17.9%, and at religious presses, which saw a 12.2% bump, in conjunction with a 1.5% increase in sales of adult books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books fell 2.1% last week from the comparable week in 2022. Declines in the juvenile categories and a dip in sales in adult nonfiction offset a 3.5% increase in adult fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
Nielsen BookScan has estimated the full-year print market for 2020 at 202 million books sold for £1.76bn, a 5.2% rise in volume and a 5.5% increase in value compared to 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 10:32:48 UTC ]
Revenue in Educational Development Corp.'s direct sales division jumped 68.4% in the third quarter ended November 30, 2020, leading to a 63.5% increase in total sales for the publisher. Net income rose 63.5% over last year's third quarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
As an ever-increasing portion of the global population finds themselves confined to their homes this week, coronavirus-related coverage is driving major surges in web traffic to publishers, and not just those that specialize in hard news, multiple vendors are reporting this week. The analytics... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-03-17 18:19:10 UTC ]
Taylor & Francis has reported a 5% increase in revenue to £559.6m for 2019 (2018: £533.2m), with underlying revenue growth of 2.4%. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-10 02:33:20 UTC ]
A deep dive on paywalls... Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism released a detailed white paper on Tuesday summarizing the findings of a study evaluating the performance of digital subscriptions at over 500... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-08-14 19:11:32 UTC ]
Revenue fell 2% in John Wiley's publishing division in the fiscal year ended April 30, compared to fiscal 2017. However, increases in the company's other two groups led to a 5% increase in sales and a 16% gain in earnings for the entire company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nearly 10,300 scholars gathered in Boston from Nov. 18-21 for the annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), marking an almost 8.5% increase in attendance from last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 1.5% increase in trade sales wasn't enough to offset declines overall industry sales in 2016. which saw a 5.1% fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
After tweaking its business model last summer, which resulted in a 5% increase in sales, Chicago's Seminary Co-op is overhauling its membership model, creating a two-tiered membership/shareholder structure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 4.5% increase in revenue for the quarter ended December 31, 2016 at Indigo Books & Music was led by a 3.8% gain in same store sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The JS Group has seen “significant” growth in the take-up of e-textbooks last year, helping it to a 14.5% increase in higher education UK revenues. However, a decline in legal print sales and the reduction in value of a contract with the Ministry of Justice meant the Hammicks legal arm saw a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Courier Corp. finished the fiscal year ended September 27, 2014 with a 5% increase in sales, to $283.3 million, although net income fell to $7.8 million from $11.2 million in fiscal 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins finished a strong fiscal 2014 that ended June 30 with a 5% increase in revenue to $1.4 billion, while EBITDA jumped 39% to $197 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]