Amazon has introduced a new photo printing service, triggering the worst single-day decline in more than eight years for shares of Shutterfly.The new AmazonPrints service offers printed photos starting at 9 cents each and photo books starting at $20. Cards and calendars will be additional... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins achieved an 11% rise in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2016, although annual results were hampered by lower ebook sales and negative foreign currency fluctuations. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK saw overall sales fall by 6.7% in the fourth quarter of the year due to lower ebook sales, with its parent company Lagardere Publishing saying that "market trends have reversed in the US and the UK". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nielsen sees 55 percent of those surveyed on global consumer confidence saying that in the fourth quarter of 2015, they believed the were in recession. The post Consumer Confidence: A Recessionary State of Mind appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 15% increase in fourth quarter sales enabled Hachette Book Group to finish 2015 with only a slight decline in revenue for the full year. An increase in the sales of print books almost offset declines of ebook sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social logins remain an easy way for brands and publishers to get people to register to use their sites and apps in order to collect more information about those people -- who opt-in to share that information -- and do things like customize the articles or products they're shown.Not... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although retail sales over the Thanksgiving weekend often receive a lot of attention, the fourth quarter as a whole continues to be vital for independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Academic publisher Pearson faced “tough market conditions in 2014” in North America and the UK, according to a trading update released today (21st January). The company said policy and cyclical pressures affected its two biggest markets, while a smaller school textbook update in South Africa... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's release of its third quarter financial results Thursday afternoon gave analysts and investors lots to think about as the giant e-tailer posted a large quarterly loss, forecast the possibility of a loss for the fourth quarter and had slowing growth in its media segment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comparable store sales of books fell 10.7% at Hastings Entertainment in the year ended January 31, 2014, compared to 2012. Sales also fell 8.2% in the fourth quarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite improved performance in the fourth quarter, bookselling chain Books-A-Million reported a 5.5% decline in revenue to $470.2 million for the 52-week period ended February 1, 2014, down from the $498.4 million reported for the previous fiscal year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York Times Company said it added digital subscribers and slowed its declines in print and digital advertising revenue during the fourth quarter of 2013, a year of transition for the newspaper publisher. For all of 2013, revenue from digital ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Warner, the media company that owns HBO and the Warner Bros. film studio as well as Time Inc. for a few more months, surpassed analysts' estimates for both fourth-quarter revenue and profit in results reported on Wednesday.Excluding some items, earnings were $1.17 a share, the New... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Total sales in Amazon’s fourth quarter in 2013 rose 20% over the last quarter of 2012, hitting $25.59 billion, while net income rose to $239 million from $97 million in last year’s final period. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Inc., the publisher of magazines including Time and Sports Illustrated, has begun eliminating about 6% of its head count—nearly 500 jobs—in the biggest round of cuts at the company since 2008."With the significant and ongoing changes in our industry, we must continue to transform our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has benefited from a "good" fourth-quarter publishing performance and has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even in the digital age, Barnes & Noble can’t avoid the headache of returns. Although the company posted lots of positive results for the year-end and fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, the number most analysts seem to focus on was Nook segment sales for the fourth quarter, which fell 10.5%, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
AD TRENDS ON SOLID GROUND In the fourth quarter of 2011, most ad pages declined—but not in the Financial and Real Estate category. Ad pages for this sector were up 23% to 1,683 pages, from 1,372 pages the year before. The biggest... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette parent company Lagardere has reported a 5.9% fall for net sales in its Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite posting a 35% sales increase for the fourth quarter and earnings that were better than expected (if still down compared to a year ago), last week was a tough one for Amazon. Analysts and investors were disappointed in the quarterly report, and the stock price for the nation’s largest... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]