Profits Double at EDC

Net earnings at Educational Development Corp. rose to $1.2 million in the quarter ended May 31, 2107 over the comparable period a year ago. Sales were up 20%. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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EDC Second Quarter Sales Jump 85%

Led by a 152% jump in sales in its home business division, total revenue at Educational Development Corp. rose 85% in the second quarter ended August 31, 2015 over last year’s second period. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Kepler's Books Returned to Profitability

Kepler’s bookstore, once on the brink of closing for good, just celebrated its 60th anniversary. Its revival reveals some secrets about how bookstores might work in the future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Haynes sees profits tumble

Haynes Publishing Group saw an 11% revenue drop for the 12 months to end May 2015 at £26.1m, down from £29.3m the year before. Adjusted EBITDA at the car manuals publisher was down 20% to £8.7m (£10.9m in the year to end May 2014) while operating profit fell 35.5% to to £3.1m (from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EDC Buys Demibooks

Educational Development Corp. has acquired Demibooks Inc., a Chicago-based app developer whose main product is Demibooks Storytime, a curated marketplace for children's picture book apps. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EDC Has Record Revenue

Revenue at Educational Development Corp. jumped 205% in August over August 2014, hitting just over $5 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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July Sales Jump at EDC

July sales at Educational Development Corp. jumped 74.7% over July 2015, hitting $4.3 million, the company reported. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Storytellers From ‘The Moth’ Join Jemas and Double Take for ‘Living Dead’ Line

Mix one maverick comics publisher, a horror movie classic, a renowned video game company and some of the best oral storytellers from NPR’s popular The Moth Radio Hour and you have a pretty unusual mix for a new line of comics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Twitter more than doubled its advertising audience

Twitter has revamped its mobile ad network to target up to 700 million consumers, more than double its own audience of 310 million users. The key to the larger reach is its ability to target lookalike users, ones who share characteristics with its core audience. Today, Twitter introduced new ad... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax Media reports a 62.9% drop in full-year profit after 5.3% fall in revenue

Despite a 45% increase in revenue from its Domain real estate advertising, publisher of the Sydney Morning Herald was unable to offset print decline• News Corp sees strong growth in digital real estate services and book publishingFairfax Media has reported a 62.9% drop in full-year profit to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HMH Trade Sales Inch Up, But Profits Fall

Sales in the publisher's trade segment inched up 0.5% in the second quarter, to $37.4 million. But adjusted EBITDA fell to $412,000, from $1.9 million in the second quarter of 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales Down, Profits Up at Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster posted an 8.6% increase in operating income in the second period of 2015 over the same period in 2014 while revenue fell 5.6%, to $199 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebooks Sold at Independent Bookstores Garner Pitiful Profits

A survey of Colorado independent bookstores reveals ebooks sales are tiny and offer just a pittance of profit — often just 50 cents a book. The post Ebooks Sold at Independent Bookstores Garner Pitiful Profits appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity Mirror 'profits on course'

UK newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it expects to hit its profit forecasts for 2015, as half-year revenues and profits fall. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales rise but profits hit at CUP

Cambridge University Press saw sales rise 5% year-on-year at constant currency rates to £269m in the year ended April 2015, according to its latest annual report. The increase reflected "significant" expansion in its Education division, which was offset by lower increases in Academic. However... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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In Japan, a New Bookstore Doubles as a Hotel

Operated by Shibuya Publishing Booksellers, the new Book & Bed capsule hotel in Tokyo 'invites bibliophiles to sleep in the stacks' of an actual bookstore. The post In Japan, a New Bookstore Doubles as a Hotel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Adds 24 Million Pounds to Pearson Profits

Penguin Random House contributed 24 million pounds in operating profit to Pearson in the first half of 2015, up from 18 million pounds in the same period in 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slimmer Scholastic Reports $15 Million in Profits

Scholastic reported revenue of $1.63 billion in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015. The company reported earnings from continuing operations of $15.5 million, compared to $13.3 million in fiscal 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CUP strengthens policy against 'double dipping'

Cambridge University Press has strengthened its policy to prevent both authors and subscribers being charged for Open Access journal content - so–called "double dipping." The new policy discounts 2016 subscription prices for journals that have received Open Access article processing charges... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP sales up but profit down

Profits at Oxford University Press (OUP) were down slightly in the year to the end of March 2015 because of “difficult trading conditions”, the company has said. OUP had a total turnover of £767m in the 12 months to 31st March this year, up from £759m the year before, it revealed in its annual... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd, Citing Profitability, Cuts Back on Love and Sex

Scribd found romance readers gorging on books through the ebook subscription service are costly and now the company is cutting back on the genre. The post Scribd, Citing Profitability, Cuts Back on Love and Sex appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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