Riggio Reiterates B&N's Commitment to Restoring Growth

At the AAP's annual meeting held yesterday in New York City, Barnes & Noble CEO Len Riggio repeated statements he made last week about the retailer, saying the company must focus on restoring sales growth. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Hachette Children's looks to digital and licensing growth

Hachette Children’s Group intends to increase its digital and licensed offerings as it looks for future growth. In an interview published in The Bookseller today (29th May), c.e.o. Hilary Murray Hill has said the whole industry is aware of the opportunities presented by successful licensing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deals Drove Growth at Penguin Random House

Total revenue at Penguin Random House rose 25.2% in 2014 to 3.32 billion euros, while EBITDA increased 24.5% to 452 million euros. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Overcoming Boundaries to Subscription and Revenue Growth

[Sponsored Content] Creating the best subscription plan for any content provider is a tall order: publishers have to juggle offering the content readers want on the devices and channels readers want to use, in the format readers prefer, at a price readers are willing to pay. The post Overcoming... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pre-Roll Video Ads a Leading Catalyst to Ad-Blocking Growth

A new Wells Fargo Securities report put ad blocking right alongside viewability as a top challenge facing the digital publishing ecosystem.The report asked whether ad blocking is an existential threat or "just a 'Europe thing'" and netted out somewhere in the middle: "We believe the rapid rise... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Economist nears the limit of an old growth theory

Editor John Micklethwait departs on a high. But print circulation may never be so high - nor fortunes quite so serene – againYou used to judge successful editors by a simple test. How many copies did they sell on day one, and how many on their last day in the chair? Plus, of course, parallel... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook trumpets video growth as it prepares to take on YouTube

With 1bn views a day, the social network says that its users are now seeing nearly four times more videos in their news feeds than a year agoYouTube may be the king of online video with more than one billion monthly viewers, but Facebook is aiming to knock Google’s service off its perch in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Japan’s Kinokuniya Innovates, Fosters Growth

Japanese bookseller Kinokuniya has implemented several innovative strategies to fight declining domestic sales, while still expanding at home and abroad. The post How Japan’s Kinokuniya Innovates, Fosters Growth appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Growth for UK's Small Business Saturday

Awareness of Small Business Saturday (SBS) in the UK is growing, with an extra £36m spent in small shops last weekend. The initiative, which encouraged people to shop in their local businesses last Saturday (6th December), is in its second year, but has already seen a marked increase in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp Sees More Growth for HarperCollins

Robert Thomson, CEO of HarperCollins parent company News Corp, told analysts News could make another purchase in the book industry following its purchase of Harlequin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AP Sees Expanded Coverage, Growth Ahead

The Associated Press will continue its efforts to retain U.S. newspaper publishers next year, adding an intermediate service level and a “shared news desk” for increased state coverage, says President and CEO Gary Pruitt.   E ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's fuels 2014 growth in US

YA/children's books are fuelling ebook growth in the US, according to new figures from the Association of American Publishers (AAP). New figures released by the group covering January to July 2014, show that the ebook revenue grew 7.5% compared to the same period in 2013. This was driven... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Speedy growth for Macmillan's Open Research

In the 10 months since its creation as an independent business unit, there has been “enormous” growth at the Open Research arm of Macmillan Science & Education’s Nature Publishing Group and Palgrave Macmillan, its m.d. Sam Burridge (pictured) has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Subscriptions will help drive digital growth, says FutureBook Survey

E-books are continuing to provide the strongest growth in digital, according to early results of the FutureBook Digital Census, with a majority of respondents expecting the subscriptions model to become the most viable new model to emerge in the marketplace. So far more than 1,000 respondents... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2014: Nielsen: E-books Growth Continues in U.S. and U.K.

E-book sales continue to grow in both the U.S. and U.K., but to varying degrees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion Update Fall 2014: Mormon Studies Sees Steady Growth

Oxford has emerged as the major player in Mormon studies and has been releasing several titles a year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christian Fiction Writers Meet Amid Shrinkage, Growth

In a year in which four publishers closed, paused, or slimmed down their fiction lists, members of the American Christian Fiction Writers held their annual conference Sept. 25-27 in St. Louis to honor their best, talk shop, and see who was still standing, though all agreed there are still... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Talks with Joel Hoffman: Restoring the Whole Bible

In ‘The Bible’s Cutting Room Floor’, Joel Hoffman makes accessible the books left out of the Bible as we know it today, showing how they can enlighten reading of the Bible and be the source of surprising insight into modern lives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Restoring the Whole Bible: PW Talks with Joel Hoffman

In ‘The Bible’s Cutting Room Floor,’ Joel Hoffman makes accessible the books left out of the Bible as we know it today, showing how they can enlighten reading of the Bible and be the source of surprising insight into modern lives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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