Eason returns to profit

Irish chain retailer Eason has returned to profit after increasing sales by 9% to €147m (£126m) last year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How HarperCollins's Chief Digital Officer Uses Big Data To Make Publishing More Profitable

As more readers favor Kindles and iPads over pulp-based books, Chantal Restivo-Alessi of HarperCollins is mining digital data to determine how publishers can maximize profits.Having worked at EMI records for over a decade, Chantal Restivo-Alessi knows what it's like to have the digitization of... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek Delays Return of Print Edition to March

Newsweek has delayed the rollout of its new print edition until early March, with a cover date of March 7, according to Jim Impoco, Newsweek's editor since September. The brand, which went all-digital at the end of 2012, had said last month that it planned to roll out a print revival in January... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Radio Times seeks to fuel digital success with print profits

Radio Times, which accounts for 60% of its publisher's profits, is undergoing a transformation to woo younger readersWhile other magazine publishers chase the digital-savvy generation of under-25s Radio Times is swimming against the tide somewhat, targeting a slightly older, thirtysomething... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time-Life Books Gets Set for a Return

Although Time Inc. began publishing books that combined the resources of its Time and Life magazines in 1961, Time-Life Books (T-L Books) was not officially established until 1964. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Telegraph Media Group made record £60m profit last year

The Telegraph Media Group made more than £60m last year, The Guardian can reveal. It is the third successive year that the company has managed to increase its operating profit.TMG is expected to report what amounts to a record figure formally in the spring when it files its accounts for the full... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tindle group profit dips to £1.4m

Local newspaper publisher says it faced tough market in 2013, but has made no closures or redundancies during the downturnSir Ray Tindle's newspaper group made a profit of £1.4m in the year to the end of March 2013, as the publisher reported that it has not closed any titles or forced any... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits drop for HarperCollins UK

HarperCollins UK has seen a 66% drop in profits for the year ending 30th June 2013, according to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet sees profits growth

Lonely Planet saw turnover marginally decrease in 2013 but its profit rose by 17.6% to £663... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S On Pace for Record Profits

In her year-end letter to employees, Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy said that the publisher is on track to “deliver record profits, a healthy gain in revenues, and our best-ever margins.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson Foundation pays £4.7m in 'for-profit' settlement

The charitable arm of education publisher Pearson, the Pearson Foundation, will pay $7.7m (... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Santa Claus returns as cover star for Christmas edition of Radio Times

Double festive edition on sale on Wednesday will cost £3.20 – a 14% increase on last yearRadio Times is bringing back Santa Claus for its Christmas cover for the first time since 2009, when he was banished as a "symbol of indulgence", although readers will have to stomach a 14% cover price... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek's Long, Strange Return to Print

Newsweek's return to print is the latest development in an odd timeline for the once-storied magazine. It's changed ownership four times, employed four CEOs and had three editors-in-chief since 2010. It's awkward liaise with the Daily Beast and swings between layoffs and hiring flurries add to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alex Ferguson returns to top spot

Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has returned to the top of the UK book charts.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble swings to profit

Barnes & Noble returned to a profit in the fiscal second quarter as it invested less in its Nook ebook reader and cost cuts offset lower sales.Its sales missed expectations, however, and its shares dropped more than 3% in premarket trading. The report comes as the crucial holiday season... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. shakeup: Pearlstine returns from Bloomberg

Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp began putting his stamp on the publishing company Wednesday, when employees were told that editors will begin reporting to the organization's business side, a reversal that sent a ripple of anxiety through its editorial offices. Editors of the company's magazines, which... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo partners with Eason

Kobo is to sell its e-reading devices through 60 Eason stores in Ireland following a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair's Return to ExCel Raises Industry Concerns

Concern is mounting among the publishing community, in London and elsewhere, over a possible relocation of the London Book Fair to the ExCel Exhibition Centre in Docklands, the far east of the capital. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FTC returns money from online operation promising free gas

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun to send more than 58,000 refund checks to consumers who lost money to Green Millionaire, a company that promised a free book explaining how to power cars and homes at no cost, but then billed customers for an online magazine they never ordered. The... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editorial: When Passion Equals Profit

From the Frankfurt Book Fair, Ed Nawotka wonders, why have so many startups in publishing never made it beyond beta? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profit drops 25% at Haynes amid publishing 'slowdown'

Haynes Publishing Group has reported falls in revenue and profit in its results for the year... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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