Bloomsbury Hoping Digital Gains Will Soften Covid-19 Impacts

Bloomsbury Publishing reported a 10% profit increase in the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, over fiscal 2019. The publisher said its business in the current fiscal year has suffered "significant disruption" because of the coronavirus pandemic, but said it is "well placed to benefit from increased demand for our digital resources, audio, and e-books.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Joanna Gaines’s Cookbook Sells 169K in First Week

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Bloomsbury Buys IB Tauris

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Joanna Coles on Magazines, Her New Book and the Digital Age

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PCWorld's April Digital Magazine: Samsung Galaxy S9 reviewed

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London Book Fair 2018: Why Amazon’s 'Digital Roots' Will Reshape Physical Retail

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