This month’s column is my twelfth for Lit Hub, which means I’ve been sharing new children’s book releases with you for a full year now. And 2024 has been a wonderful year for young readers! As I’ve reviewed each month’s new releases, I’ve found some of my own favorite new books, and I hope I’ve […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-02 09:56:42 UTC ]
With a full year of sales from its purchase of Workman Publishing in its pockets, Hachette Book Group saw revenue rise over 2021, but higher costs dropped profits. Results at HBG parent, Lagardère Publishing, followed a similar pattern. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
Revenue at Australian online book retailer Booktopia Group Limited has grown by 35% this year, soaring to $223.9m (£119m) from last year's $165.7m (£88m) and beating its forecasts for the full year to 30th June 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 13:52:14 UTC ]
Boldwood Books has reported revenues of £1.6m in 2020, its first full financial year, and added five new authors to its now 50-strong list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-01 16:36:03 UTC ]
An improvement in fourth quarter profits for the period ended June 30, 2020, was not enough to prevent earnings for the full year at HarperCollins from dropping 15%, to $214 million. Revenue fell 5%, to $1.67 billion, compared to fiscal 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Parent company Informa has said Taylor & Francis "continues to perform consistently", expressing confidence that it will hit its annual target of 2% underlying growth for the full year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 06:30:02 UTC ]
The printing giant posted a sales decline of 17.9% in the third quarter, although excluding one-time items "organic sales" were down 9.3%. The company also lowered its forecast for sales and earnings for the full year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Revenue rose 4% at Scholastic in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 over the comparable period a year ago, but higher costs caused the publisher to say its earnings for the full year will come in at the lower end of its forecast. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 7% decline in fourth quarter revenue led to a 0.6% drop in sales for the full year at Simon & Schuster. The publisher still posted a 6% increase in operating profits over 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Now entering its first full year of operation, Canada's 49th Teachers site is soon to add teacher-generated resources to its bid to promote Canadian literature in schools. The post Ontario’s 49th Teachers Site Supports Canadian Books in Schools appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth quarter sales rose 12% at S&S while earnings jumped 22%. These gains helped the publisher to an 8% sales gain for the full year, with earnings up 11% over 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Springer Nature’s free content-sharing initiative SharedIt has racked up over 3.25m shares in its first full year, the publisher has revealed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The children's print book market is on course for an 11.7% increase to a full year value of £394m this year if sales continue at the same pace - making 2016 the biggest year for children's books for the third year in a row. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-28 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 ]
Penguin Random House delivered a "strong performance in its first full year after the merger", media group Bertelsmann has said. Penguin Random House chief executive Markus Dohle said the combined businesses had "made a powerful statement: We are stronger together" describing 2014 as "a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the full year, sales increased 20% to $88.99 billion at Amazon, but the company had a net loss in the year of $241 million compared with net income of $274 million in 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The print book market for 2014 is down just 1.3% by value year on year, the full year's statistics from Nielsen BookScan reveal. Just under £1.4bn was spent on print books for the 52 weeks ending 27th December, generated from 180.6 million book sales. Year on year the value of the print book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Prime's trifecta of two-day shipping, instant media streaming and monthly Kindle book rentals just became a little more consumer friendly at a slightly higher price. As a Hacking Netflix reader recently noticed, Amazon is now inviting users to buy into Prime for $7.99 a month, bringing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 15/02/2011 - 09:43 Most publishers are neglecting the marketing role provided by bricks and mortar bookshops, said the head of Quarto as it unveiled its annual results. Chairman and c.e.o. Laurence Orbach said he was "pleased" with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]