W H Smith reports £116m loss but expects return to profit in 2022

W H Smith reported a group loss before tax of £116m for the year to end August 2021, although the retailer said it expected to return to “meaningful profit” in 2022 with a return to pre-pandemic levels. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-10 20:28:22 UTC ]
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Autumn highlights: Zadie Smith

One of the most eagerly awaited literary offerings this autumn is NW (Hamish Hamilton, September... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Saint to return for Mulholland

Hodder’s crime and thriller imprint Mulholland Books is bringing the Saint books by Leslie... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Find Waldo Local' to Return in 2013

Candlewick's Find Waldo Local promotion, which the publisher produced last month in conjunction with the American Booksellers Association, was such a resounding success that Candlewick announced that it will sponsor it again next summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp Registers $1.6 Billion Fourth-Quarter Loss

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has swung to a loss partly due to the weakness of its publishing business, which includes newspapers like the Times and the Sun. The fourth quarter net loss was $1.6bn (£1bn) compared with a net income of $6 ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agency lawsuit hits S&S profits

  Simon & Schuster's sales rose 3% year-on-year to $189m in the second quarter... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Report: consumers switch between print and ebooks

A new study by the Book Industry Study Group says readers are choosing both print and ebooks. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hooper report calls for 'copyright hub'

A government-commissioned report into the feasibility of developing a Digital Copyright Exchange... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profit drops at Penguin in first half 2012

Penguin profits have dropped by £20m in the first half of 2012 to £22m, nearly... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith unveils new travel fascia

W H Smith is to rebrand all 11 of its Gatwick Airport shops as London News Company stores, giving... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author expects fiction revolution

The rise of ebooks will "fundamentally change" the types of stories that are written and who they are written by, award-winning author Denise Mina predicts. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turnover up, profit down at OUP

Oxford University Press has reported a 10% rise in overall organic sales the year ending 31st... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gannett Shares Rise as Earnings Beat Expectations

Although quarterly revenue dropped 2.1 percent, the newspaper publisher earned 56 cents a share, beating a forecast of 52 cents. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury's Farrar to make London return

Bloomsbury has appointed Kathleen Farrar to the role of Bloomsbury Group sales and marketing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Fifty Shades' sex trilogy dominates bestsellers, report says

Booksellers, get out your handcuffs: Roughly one in five physical books sold in the U.S. over most of the spring were the ¿Fifty Shades¿ sex trilogy. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA Report 2012

It was an upbeat annual conference for the American Library Association in Anaheim, Calif., highlighted by the awarding of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, the ALA’s first-ever book award for adult fiction and nonfiction. But with the release of a new Pew report and a pilot project... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA welcomes select committee report on Hargreaves

The Publishers Association has welcomed the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin returns its ebooks to New York libraries

After yanking their ebook titles from libraries last year, Penguin is launching an ebook pilot program for libraries in New York. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble loss narrows

Barnes & Noble said Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter loss narrowed as the company continues to invest in its Nook e-reader business.Barnes & Noble said Tuesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter loss narrowed as the company continues to invest in its Nook e-reader business. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smiths News buys Houtschild Internationale Boekhandel

Bertrams’ parent company Smiths News has bought Dutch-based academic books supplier... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oprah's book club return is good news for publishers

Though results aren't what they used to be, sales still spiked for the first pick. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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