Lower sales in the company's trade group, due mainly to the timing of the publication of some of its biggest books, was the major factor in dropping second quarter results. For the full fiscal year, Scholastic still expects revenue to increase between 4% and 6% over fiscal 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
A solid performance by Scholastic's trade group and international division offset revenue declines in book clubs and book fairs, leaving total sales at the company basically flat in the quarter ended February 29, 2024, with the comparable period a year ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Norton has appointed Brendan Curry to the newly-created role of director of the publisher's trade group, in which Curry will have oversight of all of Norton's five trade imprints. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
First quarter sales at learning technology company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt fell 3.7% compared to last year's first period, but its bottom line showed improvement. The trade group saw a 12% jump in sales, but those revenues are not included in HMH's official results. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jon Yaged, head of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, has been promoted to president of all of Macmillan Publishers' U.S. trade group. Jen Besser has been named to succeed Yaged as head of the children’s division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
In an attempt to become a "pure-play learning technology company," HMH is looking to sell its trade group, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media. Group president Ellen Archer has left the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan's trade group has formed a 13-member management committee aimed at bringing more diversity to setting priorities for the company's trade publishing divisions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Strong revenue gains in the U.K. publisher's academic and professional division offset declines in its children's trade group. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-21 04:00:00 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 ]
Rowman and Littlefield’s trade group, is wrapping up its 70th year of publishing by naming a new publisher to succeed Jim Childs following his retirement earlier this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are only making 14 percent of their revenue from distributing their content on third party platforms, according to a new report from Digital Content Next, the premium publishers’ trade group. The majority of publishers’ distributed revenue came from YouTube, as newer platforms and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' helped add almost $70 million to Scholastic’s trade division in the quarter ended August 31, and drove a 104% jump in revenue in the company’s children’s book publishing and distribution group. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the population of people using ad blocking software has grown, publishers are increasingly recognizing that they have to find a way to address those people a different way. Digital Content Next, a trade group for premium publishers, has shared recommendations, which came out of meetings with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan's trade group is organizing its first coordinated international publication for an author it discovered through one of its Australian e-only imprints. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]