Elsevier profits up 3% despite 'steeper' print declines

Elsevier marginally increased its sales and profits in 2016, in spite of what it described as "steeper declines" for print books sales than in recent years, "reflecting market conditions". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Print Sales Fell 9.3% in Late May

With declines in all categories, unit sales of print books fell 9.3% in the week ended May 28, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Print Book Sales Fell 9.3% Last Week

With sales down in all categories, unit sales of print books fell 9.3% last week compared to the week ended May 29, 2021 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Print Sales Fell 6.4% in Mid-May

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Print Book Sales Fell 6% Again Last Week

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Printing fake news, this editor helped push America into World War I

Providence Journal editor John Revelstoke Rathom also had a fake biography, writes journalist Mark Arsenault. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Print Book Sales Fell 6% Last Week

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Profits Fell 16% at HarperCollins

Higher manufacturing and freight costs, and ongoing supply chain and inflationary pressures, resulted in a 16% drop in earnings at HarperCollins for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Sales rose 5%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Print Unit Sales Fell 6% at the End of April

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Sales of Print Books Fell 12.6% in Mid-April

With sales declining in every category, overall unit sales of print books dropped 12.6% in the week ended Apr. 23, 2022, from the comparable week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Print Book Sales Dropped 12% Last Week

Print unit sales were down in every category last week compared to the week ended April 24, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan, resulting in an overall decline of 12.6%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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3 great new audiobooks for your walk, commute or chill-out time

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Sales of Print Books Jumped 16% Ahead of Easter

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Easter Bump Lifted Print Book Sales by 10% Last Week

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Time’s up for Time Out as London print edition of magazine to be axed

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Lonely Planet Blends Print, QR Codes in New Experience Guidebooks

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Print Book Sales Plummeted by Nearly 20% Last Week

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