Bloomsbury’s fantasy list helps it to record £17.7m first-half profits

Publisher to double dividend after demand grows for books by Sarah J Maas and Samantha ShannonBusiness live – latest updatesThe book publisher Bloomsbury has hit record profits in the first half of the year thanks in part to a boom in fantasy fiction driven by the American author Sarah J Maas, the British novelist Samantha Shannon and the continuing popularity of Harry Potter.The London-based publishing house said profits rose 11% to £17.7m in the six months to August, compared with a year earlier, prompting the company to announce it would more than double its half-year payout for shareholders. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-10-26 07:50:43 UTC ]
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