Hachette parent company Lagardere has reported a 5.9% fall for net sales in its Publishing... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Testing first, remaining flexible, and hanging out on Twitter are all best practices for to online book marketing today, says Derrick Schultz of Atavist. The post 5 Tips for Online Book Marketing Today appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A near-record haul from Hachette UK, an impressive total for Pan Macmillan and a history-making all-female Manager of the Year category are some of the highlights in this year's Bookseller Industry Awards (BIA) shortlists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK’s parent company Lagardere has released its results for 2014, showing that profits at Lagardere Publishing, which includes Hachette UK as well as other publishing divisions across the world, were €197m, down by 12% or €26m year-on-year. Sales for 2014 came to €2,004m, down 4.5% from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Driven by gains in the children’s/young adult and K–12 instructional materials segments, publishers’ sales hit $15.72 billion in 2014, up 4.9% over the previous year, according to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2014 acquisitions Profiles International and Crossknowledge helped John Wiley & Sons to a third quarter revenue rise of 5% on a constant currency basis (2% including the impact of foreign exchange), at $465m. However, the company said organic revenue – excluding the impact of the buys - was... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total revenue for the 1,209 publishers who submit figures to the AAP’s StatShot program rose 4.9% in 2014. The increase was led by the children’s/young adult segment, while sales of adult books fell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Net income increased 14% at Barnes & Noble in the third quarter ended January 31, 2015, to $72.1 million. Total revenue fell 1.7%, to $1.97 billion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global children's publishers are turning away from the US and UK and toward Asian, French, Italian, Portuguese or Eastern European publishers for fresh content. The post Are the US and UK Children’s Publishers Getting Stale? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hellie Ogden of Janklow & Nesbit talks with Publishing Perspectives about some of her recent deals and opportunities she believes show promise for authors. The post Literary Agent Q&A: Hellie Ogden, Janklow & Nesbit (UK) appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Sauerwine is moving from his role as sales manager for Cornerstone to the newly-created position of Penguin UK adult sales manager for mass market, with Chris Turner replacing him. In his new role, Sauerwine will be responsible for driving mass market sales for Penguin adult titles and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ultra-cheap Little Black Classics, celebrating imprint’s 80th birthday, sell 70,000 copies in first week – with Marx and Engels the favourite so farMore than 1,700 bargain copies of The Communist Manifesto have sold in the last week, in the form of an 80p edition of Karl Marx and Friedrich... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pierre Omidyar, the eBay founder who lives in Honolulu, saw his ranking on Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people slip this year, while Larry Ellison, the billionaire executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corp. who owns the island of Lanai in Hawaii, held on to... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Nebraska Book Company reported that revenue for the third quarter rose 10.7% over the comparable period in 2013, citing higher textbook rentals for the improved results. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blurb, which employed seven people in full-time roles in the UK, has made two redundancies and shut its UK office premises. However the self-publishing and marketing platform has four employees remaining in the UK, founder, president and c.e.o. Eileen Gittins told The Bookseller, saying the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrity chef Paula Deen--who was dropped, amid scandal, by Random House in 2013--has a new deal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's one thing to run a few conferences, but another for a publisher to establish its own dedicated events space. Condé Nast U.K. has invested millions in a multipurpose venue which houses its fashion college and outside events. Hearst U.K. has public kitchens and product testing facilities for... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Everyone talks about data, but are they using it correctly? The post 4 Ways Publishers Are Using Data Today appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury, Hardie Grant and Quadrille have launched Cooked, a subscription site featuring full cookbooks from the publishers' lists, in the UK. The site, originally launched in Australia, goes live today (26th February) in the UK, and features 22,000 recipes, alongside additional content such... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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India is a “vibrant market”, Hachette UK c.e.o. Tim Hely Hutchinson has said on a visit to the country. Talking to the Hindu Business Line newspaper, Hely Hutchinson spoke about the acquisition of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s book, and touched on the dispute between Hachette Book Group in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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