HarperCollins eked out only a small profit in its latest quarter, with a 14% increase in digital audiobook sales insufficient in offsetting softer sales to Walmart and Costco and slowing sales of romance books and children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones is on course to make a small profit this year but it is “all to play for” over the next few weeks, the chain’s m.d James Daunt has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales at The Folio Society fell by almost a quarter in the year to the end of August 2014, compared to the year before, results for the 12-month period show. However the company made a small profit, after losing nearly £3m the previous year. In accounts filed on Companies House this week, The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Haynes Publishing Group has issued a profit warning, citing "soft" trade and tighter inventory controls from retailers. The car manuals publisher said its half year results, which will be posted at the end of January, will be "seriously impacted" by "key consumer retailers implementing working... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-23 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 ]