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HBG Up 14.8% in First Half of 2021
Revenue at Hachette Book Group increased 14.8% over the first half of 2020, while sales at parent Lagardère Publishing jumped 16.4%, and profits soared.
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Scholastic Sees Growth Ahead in Fiscal 2022
A plunge in book fair revenue led to a 12.5% decline in sales at Scholastic in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, but the publisher forecast "significant growth" in 2022 revenue and an improved bottom line.
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Print Book Sales Could Grow by 2% This Year—Or by 8%
In a presentation on July 21, NPD BookScan said that, based on current trends, unit sales of print books are likely to finish 2021 with a gain over 2020. How high that gain will be depends on several factors, including the future course of the pandemic.
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May Publishing Sales Rose 11.1%
Led by sales of K-12 materials, sales of all publishers that report to AAP rose 11.1% in May over last year. Sales of adult books increased 10% in the month, and children's/YA sales were up 7.3%.
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Q1 Profits Jumped at EDC
Profits for the first quarter ended May 31, 2021, rose 79% at Educational Development Corp. Sales increased 6.5%, to $40.8 million.
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Book Biz Stocks Soar Sky High
The Publishers Weekly Stock Index saw a 37.1% jump in the first half of 2021.
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Publishing Sales Soared in April
Led by huge gains in the educational categories, sales of publishers reporting results to the AAP jumped 43.7% in April over April 2020. Last April was one of the sales low points during the pandemic.
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Q2 Publishing Sales Rose 27.6% at IDW
Sales in IDW Media's publishing division, which includes the graphic novel imprints IDW and Top Shelf, rose to $6 million in the second quarter ended April 30, 2021 due primarily to the revival of the direct market, which was shut last spring because of the pandemic.
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HC's Murray Sees Higher Sales, More Consolidation Ahead
In a recent presentation, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said he sees no signs of consumer book spending slowing down in 2021—nor does he see the trend toward greater consolidation of the industry cooling.
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Wiley Ends Fiscal 2021 on High Note
Helped by a strong performance in the fourth quarter ended April 30, 2021, revenue at John Wiley rose 6% in fiscal year 2021 over fiscal 2020. The company reported operating income of $185 million.
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Bloomsbury Has Double-Digit Gains in Fiscal '21; Buys Head of Zeus
Helped by a 27% increase in sales in North America, revenues at Bloomsbury rose 14% in the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021, while profits increased 22%. The company also announced it bought the U.K. trade publisher Head of Zeus.
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Publishing Sales Rose 22% in Q1
With sales in all categories posting double-digit increases, sales for the 1,358 publishers that report results to the AAP’s StatShot program rose 22.3% over the comparable period in 2020 for the first quarter of 2021.
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Big Trade Publishers Have a Good Start to 2021
First quarter financial reports from five major trade publishers showed the sales momentum that built up through 2020 has carried over into this year.
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HarperCollins Profits Soared in Q1
Big gains in digital and backlist sales combined to drive up profits at HarperCollins by 45% in the quarter ended March 31, 2021, while sales rose 19%.
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S&S Gets Solid Start to 2021
Sales and profits rose in the first quarter of 2021 over the comparable period in 2020 at Simon & Schuster, led by double-digit gains in its international and audio divisions.
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Without Trade Unit, Q1 Results Stabilized at HMH
First quarter sales at learning technology company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt fell 3.7% compared to last year's first period, but its bottom line showed improvement. The trade group saw a 12% jump in sales, but those revenues are not included in HMH's official results.
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Another Quarter, Another Sales Record for Amazon
First quarter revenue at Amazon soared 44%, and profits doubled. Online store sales jumped 44%, to $36.6 billion.
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Writers Orgs Form #DisneyMustPay Joint Task Force
Led by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, several professional writers' organizations and authors have formed the #DisneyMustPay task force, petitioning Walt Disney Co. to honor author contracts.
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Publishing Industry Sales Up 16% Through February
Higher sales of print and digital books and a decline in returns contributed to a solid net sales increase in the first two months of 2021 over the comparable period in 2020 for publishers that report to AAP.
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