Sales of adult fiction fell 5.7% in the month—the main factor in driving down total sales by 0.7% at the companies that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Third quarter results exceeded expectations at Amazon, and the company expects a strong fourth quarter, forecasting that total sales will rise between 7% and 11% over last year’s final period, to as much as $188.5 billion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the adult trade segment, total sales were up nearly 12% for the month over 2023 at publishers that report to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot Program. Religious presses were up a hefty 47.4%, and digital audio showed a 38.8% increase. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble Education has released preliminary financial results that showed company revenue rising 1.5% in the fiscal year ended April 27, 2024, and net loss falling to $63 million, from $90 million a year ago. Total sales were $1.57 billion. B&NE expects to receive final approval... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
As 'House of Flame and Shadow' hits number one in numerous markets around the world, publisher Bloomsbury predicts that total sales for the company will increase by 10% over last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
A 29% increase in sales of digital audio, coupled with lower costs, resulted in a 67% increase in profits at the publisher in the quarter ended December 31, 2023, over the comparable period a year ago. Total sales were up 4%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Total sales at Amazon increased 13%, to $143.1 billion, in the third quarter ended September 30, 2023, over the comparable period in 2022, and operating income jumped to $11.2 billion, from $2.5 billion in the third quarter 2022. Online sales rose 7%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
A 14.1% decline in May in the children's/YA segment was offset by gains in sales of adult books and college course materials, leading to total sales in the month holding even with 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
A huge increase in sales through its physical stores offset a decline in online sales, leading to a 18.9% increase in total sales at Indigo Books & Music in the quarter ended July 2, 2022 compared with the same period of 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
A 23% increase in unit sales of adult fiction was offset by a big decline in adult nonfiction sales, resulting in a 2.5% drop in total sales last week compared to 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Third quarter sales fell 9% at Hachette Book Group for the period ended August 31, 2021, contributing to a 1.2% drop in total sales for Lagardère's publishing group. Despite the quarterly decline, sales for the first nine months of 2021 were up 9% over a year ago for the entire publishing division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-28 04:00:00 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 ]
Total sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt fell only 2.4% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to a year ago, but the educational and trade book publisher said it expects its business to be "severely impacted" by the Covid-19 pandemic in the second quarter. It is projecting that most schools will... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
While total sales have fallen slightly since the outbreak of the new coronavirus at Barnes & Noble, company CEO James Daunt is confident the bookstore chain can continue to be a profitable venture with one provision—that it is allowed to keep its stores open. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
A dip in adult nonfiction puts an end to a streak of small annual gains in total sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
Led by sales of the graphic novel format, total sales of graphic novels and periodical comics in the U.S. and Canada were approximately $1.09 billion in 2018, according to a joint estimate by trade news sites ICv2 and Comichron. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
WH Smith has reported a “strong trading performance” for Christmas trading, with total sales up 6%. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 2017 the 29 member countries of the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) generated €22.2 billion ($25.3 billion) in total sales, a figure up slightly from 2016 after accounting for exchange rate effects. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
With fiction sales falling in both the adult and juvenile segments, total sales of print units slipped 1% in the week ended Sept. 23, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Western Michigan University's Medieval Institute Publications announces a marketing partnership with De Gruyter, as Cambridge University Press sees digital reaching 'close to 40 percent of total sales.' The post Industry Notes: De Gruyter Partnership with Medieval Institute; Cambridge Cites... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]