In 2012—a year when it went through a prepackaged bankruptcy, brought in a number of new top corporate executives, and restructured the sales organization of its education group—total revenue at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt was relatively flat at $1.29 billion, while adjusted EBITDA rose 34.4% to $320 million. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Plus: EmblemHealth, Somos ink value-based deal Northwell's Feinstein Institutes designated key aging-research center, gets $1.7M to fund pilots Covid-19 challenges Montefiore's... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2020-09-10 09:30:00 UTC ]
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As the founder and CEO of digital media investment bank Luma Partners LLC, Terence Kawaja is a problem solver by nature. But earlier this summer, as Kawaja watched his news feed, he found himself hearing about problems that left him at a loss. He read about the killing of George Floyd and police... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-09-03 12:30:00 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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More than 150 staff at DK took part in the publisher’s annual charity walk this year, raising money for The Black Curriculum, a social enterprise founded to address the lack of black British history in the UK curriculum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-26 12:15:19 UTC ]
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Ian Rankin’s In a House of Lies (Orion) has taken out a mortgage in the Bookstat e-book chart number one spot, reigning for a second week running. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 19:28:58 UTC ]
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Digiday’s Deep Dive: European Publishing is a collection of videos, presenter slides and a guide of key takeaways produced by our editors from the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe Live that provides valuable tips and key insights so you’re prepared for what's to come in publishing. The post Deep... Continue reading at Digiday
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Offering publishers direct relationships with their readers, on their own terms, email newsletters remain as vital as ever in the platform age. But a relatively old tool can still be adapted to new purposes, and concurrent with the rise of the self-contained, narrative newsletter, publishers... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-21 21:51:05 UTC ]
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Offering publishers direct relationships with their readers, on their own terms, email newsletters remain as vital as ever in the platform age. But a relatively old tool can still be adapted to new purposes, and concurrent with the rise of the self-contained, narrative newsletter, publishers... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-21 21:51:05 UTC ]
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Industry Dive, New York magazine and The New Yorker share tips on boosting open rates, engaging readers and evaluating success in email. The post “The Inbox Is the New Doorstep,” As Newsletters Evolve, Publishers Adapt Their Tactics appeared first on Eddie & Ozzie Awards. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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John Bolton's book 'The Room Where It Happened' is a bestseller, but the author's legal fight against the government is not over. In a July 16 motion, the former U.S. National Security Adviser, who still faces an effort to seize his royalties, has asked a federal court in Washington, D.C., to... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In a week when print once again maintained sky-high sales, posting a 16% rise in value against the same week in 2019, and a 14.3% jump in volume, David Walliams and Tony Ross' The World's Worst Parents (HarperCollins) racked up a second week as the UK Official Top 50 number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-14 01:48:14 UTC ]
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A panel of journalists have advised book publicists to continue to push debut writers, despite the "jammed" autumn brought on by lockdown delays. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 20:32:03 UTC ]
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Michelle Alexander and Ijeoma Oluo among those on list, marking first time top 10 entries are primarily titles on race issuesGeorge Floyd killing – latest US updatesBlack American authors, including Michelle Alexander and Ijeoma Oluo, have surged to the top of the latest New York Times’... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Digital and print media companies wondering how best to keep new subscribers who signed up during the pandemic will need to prove to readers that their publication is invaluable after the crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an uptick in subscribers at a variety of news organizations,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-10 16:18:57 UTC ]
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Publishers and authors have continued to share reading lists and offers of help following the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-05 10:41:41 UTC ]
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Readers will expect publishing's innovations during the pandemic to continue after the current crisis has passed, DK publishing m.d. Rebecca Smart has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-01 18:32:22 UTC ]
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A second night of rioting in Minneapolis/St. Paul continues to affect booksellers located in the areas that have become scenes of violence. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At BookExpo Online, the APA's executive director, Michele Cobb, will be joined by Chris Lynch from Simon & Schuster, Cathy Forrest from HarperCollins, and Michael Anderle from LMBPN to discuss the state of the audio industry and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House's efforts to to pivot to a new, digital normal are some of the broadest in the publishing business thus far, and its #BooksConnectUs initiative, which will turn two months old on May 20, is its connective tissue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Total sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt fell only 2.4% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to a year ago, but the educational and trade book publisher said it expects its business to be "severely impacted" by the Covid-19 pandemic in the second quarter. It is projecting that most schools will... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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