S&S sees second quarter rise in revenue and profit

Worldwide revenues at Simon & Schuster hit $218m in the second quarter, up $11m compared to the same period last year, a new earnings statement by parent firm CBS shows. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Hislop’s sun rises to number one

Victoria Hislop proved tougher than the American Sniper, with the British author’s newest release seeing off a single-channel promotion to earn her first number one in six years. Hislop’s The Sunrise (Headline) sold 26,055 units through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market in its first week... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audio Book Club Squints at All the Light We Cannot See

To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of All the Light We Cannot See, click the arrow on the player below: Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kensal Rise Library re-opens after five-year battle

Kensal Rise Library is set to open for the first time in five years this weekend, with a community open day. The library was closed by Brent Council in 2011 and denied permission for a community library in the space, becoming a flashpoint for library campaigners, with authors such as Alan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine Revenue to Climb Slightly as Newspaper Decline Continues

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[ Advertising Age | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Press Trends: Newspaper Revenues Shift To New Sources

Global newspaper circulation revenues are larger than newspaper advertising revenues for the first time this century, according to the annual World Press Trends survey released Monday by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IF ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2015: Kids' Comics On the Rise

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quiet First Quarter for Books-A-Million

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie bookstores are on the rise: What's behind their comeback?

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio: Top Women in Media – Rising Stars

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[ Folio Magazine | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Harry Potter illustrated editions spell rising sales for Bloomsbury

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[ The Guardian | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Selfie-stick aerobics classes and Kindle hacks: what to see at Photo London

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[ The Guardian | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buenos Aires sees publishers bet on niche markets

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print drop hits S&S first quarter

A fall in physical book sales led to a decrease in revenue in the first quarter of 2015 for Simon & Schuster. Results released by the publisher’s parent company CBS Corporation were not broken down geographically, but gave publishing revenues for the first three months of this year at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA: publisher revenues 'steady' in 2014

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Fifth of Time Inc.'s Ad Revenue Now Comes From Digital

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[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp profits halve after weak newspaper ad sales

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[ The Guardian | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romania’s Online, English Book Sales on the Rise

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Good' first quarter for PRH in Pearson results

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Latin American Digital Markets to Rise 10-15% by 2020

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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