Led By U.S., Bloomsbury Has Surprising Start to Fiscal 2021

Bloomsbury said sales in the first four months of fiscal 2021, which began March 1, rose 18% over the same period a year ago. Revenue in the U.S. increased 38%, and sales of both digital and print books were up overall. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-21 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Print Unit Sales Still Solid in Late October

Strong gains in all categories led to a 13% increase in unit sales of print books in the week ended Oct. 24, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Irrational numbers

As I mentioned during the summer Bloomsbury has become something of a bellwether publisher for the sector, being the only big trade publisher releasing regular UK-specific financial reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 14:54:02 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury to publish companion to Natural History Museum's Fantastic Beasts exhibition

Bloomsbury is to publish the "definitive" companion book to accompany the Natural History Museum's upcoming exhibition, "Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature", in collaboration with Warner Bros. Pottermore Publishing will publish the e-book.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-27 15:33:33 UTC ]
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Harry Potter publisher says Covid has weaved magic over book sales

After shaky start in lockdown, Bloomsbury sales soar as people pick books over box setsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Harry Potter publisher, Bloomsbury, has reported its most profitable first half in more than a decade, after a nation tiring of box sets fuelled... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-10-27 12:22:12 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Posts Double-Digit Gains in First Half of Fiscal 2021

A 55% increase in digital sales plus higher online revenue led to a 10% increase in sales while pre-tax profits more than doubled at Bloomsbury in the six-month period ended August 31, 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Online sales push Bloomsbury to best first-half since 2008

Bloomsbury Publishing has delivered its highest first half earnings since 2008, as "signficantly higher” online book sales and e-book revenues led to year-on-year profit growth of 60% to £4m in the six months ended 31st August 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 15:50:49 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury wins auction for Buoro's 'astonishing' debut

Bloomsbury has secured 27-year-old novelist and mathematician Stephen Buoro's debut novel, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 13:01:22 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury lands Luke Cassidy's 'gritty' debut novel

Bloomsbury is to publish Iron Annie by debut author Luke Cassidy, secured in a two-book deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-13 22:22:54 UTC ]
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A Surprisingly Strong Year of Book Sales Continues

In spite of historical challenges, unit sales of print books were up 6.4% in the first nine months of 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Surprisingly Strong Year of Book Sales Continues

In spite of historical challenges, unit sales of print books were up 6.4% in the first nine months of 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Artist Duncan Grant erotic drawings kept under bed 'worth £2m'

A massive haul of drawings by Bloomsbury Group artist Duncan Grant is finally made public. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2020-10-07 23:12:12 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury wins Joe Biden biography

Bloomsbury is to publish a biography of US presidential candidate Joe Biden by Evan Osnos later this month.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 21:38:55 UTC ]
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Print Unit Sales Rose 7.2% in Early September

Unit sales of print books in the week ended Sept. 12, 2020, rose 7.2% over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury wins auction for Lockwood's 'miraculous' debut novel

Bloomsbury is to publish Patricia Lockwood's first novel No One Is Talking About This, after winning a 10-way auction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 02:57:52 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Caravel to publish Portraits for NHS Heroes

Bloomsbury Caravel, in partnership with NHS Charities Together, is publishing Portraits for NHS Heroes this November after the success of artist Tom Croft’s #PortraitsForNHSHeroes project.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 23:35:46 UTC ]
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Authors walk out on Bloomsbury India following book cancellation

A number of authors have withdrawn their books from Bloomsbury India, after the publishing house pulled Monika Arora's Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story, scheduled for publication this autumn.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 02:21:19 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children's scoops Clare Weze's 'brilliant' debut

Bloomsbury Children's Books is to publish middle-grade adventure Alfie Miller, Lightning Catcher by debut author Clare Weze.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 13:19:12 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury steals Alam's 'electrifying' race, class and climate change novel

Bloomsbury has won a seven-way auction to secure Rumaan Alam's "unnerving" novel, Leave the World Behind, deciding to "crash" the book into its autumn schedule. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 06:57:56 UTC ]
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Print Unit Sales Close July With 15% Increase

Another week with double-digit gains in all but one category led to a 15.1% jump in unit sales of print books from the comparable period in 2019 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Dead Ink and Bloomsbury showcase Northern literary talent in new anthology

Dead Ink Books and Bloomsbury are publishing Test Signal, a "ground-breaking" anthology of the best contemporary Northern writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 18:01:19 UTC ]
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