Hachette UK’s parent company Lagardere has released its results for 2014, showing that profits at Lagardere Publishing, which includes Hachette UK as well as other publishing divisions across the world, were €197m, down by 12% or €26m year-on-year. Sales for 2014 came to €2,004m, down 4.5% from the year before. Lagardere said the drop in its Publishing division was "due mainly to the contraction of activity in General Literature in France and in English-speaking countries,” and added: “The implementation of cost-cutting nonetheless helped limit its effects.” Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author of the popular young adult series has issued an apology for being ‘part of the problem’ in the wake of anonymous claims posted onlineJames Dashner, author of the bestselling young adult Maze Runner books, has issued an apology in which he says that he “will seek counselling and guidance”... Continue reading at The Guardian
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A letter from 30 industry figures is urging the award to reverse 2014’s inclusion of US authors, in order to avoid a ‘homogenised literary future’Tensions over the decision to allow US authors to enter the Man Booker prize have flared up yet again, with 30 publishers signing a letter urging the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Halperin, the co-author of 'Game Change' and former ABC news political director, has been dropped by his publisher, Penguin, after stories surfaced that Halperin sexually harassed a number of women while at ABC. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell. By Stephen BuranyiIn 2011, Claudio Aspesi, a senior investment analyst at Bernstein Research in London, made a bet that the dominant firm in one... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Milo Yiannopoulos, the alt-right provocateur who had his book deal with Simon & Schuster canceled in February, is now self-publishing his book. 'Dangerous' is currently available for pre-order ahead of its July 4 release date. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits rose 5.0% at Lagardere Publishing in 2106 over 2015, helped by strict cost controls at Hachette Book Group USA which integrated the publishing arm of Perseus Books Group during the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Led by Bruce Springsteen's bestselling 'Born to Run,' S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy reports a profitable year at S&S and a "period of relative stability in the publishing marketplace.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In April, a batch of small publishers migrated to Medium in the hopes that the platform’s network effect would increase their reach. But seven months after the move, ComScore and Alexa data show that most of these publishers have seen their traffic decline. "It was never my intention to move to... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some social-centric publishers saw double-digit drops in their Facebook referral traffic last month, with some suspecting that this is the flip side of Facebook's pushing Instant Articles (and video) into people’s news feeds. Those initiatives are designed to keep people in Facebook's app, but... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lagardere reported that EBIT rose by 1 million euros in 2015 over 2014, to 198 million euros, in its publishing division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers have had a complicated relationship with LinkedIn, and now, The Wall Street Journal has dropped its sharing button from its article pages. The change came as part of a recent article redesign. LinkedIn was never a huge traffic driver for most publishers in the first place, but Journal... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buster Books, publisher of colouring books for ‘Brilliant Boys’ and ‘Gorgeous Girls’ to switch to ‘gender neutral’ titles in futureGirls will no longer be defined as “glamorous” and “gorgeous” while boys get to be “amazing” and “brilliant” at Buster Books, after the children’s publisher... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When book publishers must compete with other media for readers' attention, publishers should have a clear vision for their business and titles. The post The Profit of Publishing with Purpose appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Company reports 6% rise in pre-tax profits as top executives paid more than £5mMarie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosted profits to almost £23m last year while paying out more than £5m to staff and top executives at the magazine company.Time Inc UK reported a 6% rise in pre-tax profits... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst UK reports fall in pre-tax profits from £12.7m to £8.7mHearst UK, the publisher of titles including Men’s Health, Esquire and Cosmopolitan, saw pre-tax profits fall by more than 30% last year.Hearst UK reported a 31.5% fall in pre-tax profits from £12.7m to £8.7m in 2014. Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many of the world's biggest and best-known online news publishers saw significant drops in traffic between March and April this year. It appears Facebook might be a culprit in some way, but nobody can agree on a solid theory as to why. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite a 45% increase in revenue from its Domain real estate advertising, publisher of the Sydney Morning Herald was unable to offset print decline• News Corp sees strong growth in digital real estate services and book publishingFairfax Media has reported a 62.9% drop in full-year profit to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits at global publishing company The Quarto Group rose 26% in 2014, with profits in the UK growing 24%. In a statement filed with Companies House, Quarto said adjusted profit before tax totalled $12.1m (£7.7m) last year. Revenues were up 2% compared to 2013 to $172.6m (£110m). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French publishers’ net income fell by 1.3% last year to €2,652m from €2,687m in 2013, although the picture is “encouraging” for the first half of this year, the book trade publication Livres Hebdo has reported. This was the fourth year running showing a decline, even though the drop was less... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble posted net income of $36.6 million in the fiscal year ended May 2, 2015 compared to a loss of $47.3 million in fiscal 2014. The profit improvement came despite a 4.9% decline in total revenue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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