Operating income rose 42% in the third quarter of 2016, over last year, but the increase was less than analysts had been expecting. Total sales rose 29%. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book trade continues a run of some 15 weeks of upward lift in the US market, says NPD's Kristen McLean, especially good 'for the dog days of summer.' The post US Book Industry: NPD Sees More Gains in July, 16 Percent Over 2019 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-13 13:15:23 UTC ]
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Hodder Faith, in partnership with mini-chain St Andrew’s Bookshop, will launch a national church book club this autumn, to be known as The Big Church Read. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 13:00:50 UTC ]
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Stephenie Meyer's Midnight Sun (Atom) rose 11 places to top the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction chart, as the Twilight reboot sold 62,460 copies in hardback to claim the UK Official Top 50 number one through Nielsen BookScan's TCM. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 02:23:16 UTC ]
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Algorithms routinely come up with ‘recommendations’ for anti-vax ‘bestsellers’ or juices that cure cancerIt’s a truism that we live in a “digital age”. It would be more accurate to say that we live in an algorithmically curated era – that is, a period when many of our choices and perceptions are... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-08 16:00:12 UTC ]
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An improvement in fourth quarter profits for the period ended June 30, 2020, was not enough to prevent earnings for the full year at HarperCollins from dropping 15%, to $214 million. Revenue fell 5%, to $1.67 billion, compared to fiscal 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Cost cuts and higher sales of digital products have eased the impact of the Covid-19 on the bottom line for some publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A 38% plunge in sales in its education group in the second quarter of 2020 led to an overall decline of 35.5% in sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt compared to a year ago. Costs cuts limited the impact of the sales drop on the publisher's bottom line. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lower production and distribution costs were enough to give Simon & Schuster a 9% increase in earnings in the second quarter, despite an 8% drop in sales. Digital revenue jumped 44% in the quarter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Hawking's Brief Answers to the Big Questions (John Murray) has rocketed to the top of the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Non-Fiction chart, as Val McDermid's A Place of Execution (HarperCollins) cleaved into the Most-Sold: Fiction number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 16:57:32 UTC ]
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Amazon has reported a 40% rise in net sales for the second quarter compared to the same time last year, while operating income soared by 87%. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-31 11:46:26 UTC ]
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Changes are brewing at the International Digital Publishing Forum, which has been part of the Worldwide Web Consortium for the past three years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Online sales at Amazon jumped 48% in the second quarter of 2020 over the comparable period in 2019, to $45.9 billion. Total revenue rose 40% and operating income skyrocketed 87%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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If you tuned into yesterday’s historic House Judiciary Subcommittee antitrust hearing, during which the top executives of some of the world’s largest tech companies tried convincing politicians that they weren’t monopolies, you may have heard a bookseller chime in during Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-30 19:54:55 UTC ]
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Shares in Cars.com Inc. rose nearly 20 percent in mid-day trading Thursday after the company announced quarterly financial results that bettered analysts' expectations. The Chicago online automobile marketplace reported second-quarter revenue fell 31% to $102 million from a year earlier and... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-07-30 17:33:07 UTC ]
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Ian Rankin's In a House of Lies (Orion) has claimed the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one spot for a third week, as Mary L Trump's Too Much and Never Enough (S&S) holds the Most-Sold: Non-Fiction top spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 08:22:22 UTC ]
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Finding Freedom (HQ), the new book about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, has hit number one on Amazon based on pre-orders alone following a weekend of headlines about its contents. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 07:39:44 UTC ]
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With another strong showing by the juvenile nonfiction category, unit sales of print books rose 16.6% in the week ended July 18, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Unit sales of print books rose 11.5% last week as Mary L. Trump's 'Too Much and Never Enough' sold over 337,000 print units at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The juvenile nonfiction category had a 21.3% increase. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Mary L Trump's Too Much and Never Enough (S&S) has done more than enough to reach the top of the Amazon Charts, zipping straight to the top of the Most-Sold: Non-Fiction chart, as Ian Rankin's In a House of Lies (Orion) holds the Most-Sold: Fiction top spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 22:13:31 UTC ]
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Reading is a great way to fill this newfound free time we all have and Amazon’s newest deal on the Kindle Paperwhite can make it easier to do so. The Kindle Paperwhite is on sale right now for $100, which is $20 off its normal price, and you can get... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2020-07-20 17:46:44 UTC ]
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