US publishing revenues dip 4.2% in first half of 2020

The US publishing industry’s revenues are down 4.2% for the year to date, according to the Association of American Publishers' latest StatShot report, although Trade sales in the six-month period held on with a rise of almost 3% compared to the first half of 2019. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 02:12:36 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury's revenues grow 19% in first half

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4 charts: The state of publisher referral traffic from LinkedIn

While LinkedIn is still far behind Facebook as the dominant referrer for traffic, it has been steadily growing since January. Publishers saw a spike in January -- in some cases, traffic jumping sixfold. Instead of a change in behavior, dark social traffic was attributed to LinkedIn. Since then,... Continue reading at Digiday

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PRH first-half revenue hit by ebook decline

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NEH to Endow More than $4 Million in Publishing Grants

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Quarto half-year revenues rise 8%

Illustrated book publisher and distributor Quarto has seen its revenue rise 8% year-on-year to $73.3m (£56.43m) in the six months ending 30th June 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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US publishers saw February revenue rise

US publishers’ revenues were up 4.2% year-on-year to $662.2m in February ($597.4m in February 2015), with sales for the first two months of the year now down 3% overall ($1.68bn) compared to 2015, according to statistics released by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Publishing Sales Dipped in 2015

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Facebook's rise as news source hits publishers' revenues

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Bloomsbury launches 2020 strategy to become B2B publisher

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‘Super Tuesday 2’ was a big night for publishers streaming live on Facebook

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Egmont global publishing revenues down 1%

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The State of US Illustrated Book Publishing (Part 2)

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