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BAM Posts 2014 Profit on 0.8% Sales Gain

By Jim Milliot | 03/30/2015 @ 12:00AM

With comp store sales up 0.4% in the year, total revenue at Books-A-Million rose 0.8% over the previous year.
Charges Lead to Loss at Scholastic; Sales Up

By Jim Milliot | 03/26/2015 @ 10:30AM

Revenue at Scholastic rose 2% in the third quarter, but a number of one-time charges led to a net loss of $22.1 million compared to a loss of $12.1 million in last year’s third quarter.
Profits Rose at Quarto

By Jim Milliot | 03/20/2015 @ 09:10AM

Adjusted operating profit at the Quarto Group increased 10% in 2014, rising to $15.4 million from $14.0 million in 2013.
Industry Sales Rose 4.9% in 2014

By Jim Milliot | 03/11/2015 @ 10:30AM

Total revenue for the 1,209 publishers who submit figures to the AAP’s StatShot program rose 4.9% in 2014. The increase was led by the children’s/young adult segment, while sales of adult books fell.
Regnery Purchase Boosts Salem Media

By Jim Milliot | 03/11/2015 @ 10:00AM

Revenue in the publishing division of Salem Media Group more than doubled in 2014, to $26.8 million, thanks, in large part, to the 2014 acquisition of Eagle Publishing, parent company of Regnery Publishing.
Profits Fell 12% at Lagardere Publishing in 2014

By Jim Milliot | 03/11/2015 @ 12:00AM

Profits at Lagardere Publishing, parent company of Hachette Book Group, fell to 197 million euros in 2014 from 223 million euros in 2013.
Profits Rose 14% at B&N in Third Quarter

By Jim Milliot | 03/10/2015 @ 12:00AM

Net income increased 14% at Barnes & Noble in the third quarter ended January 31, 2015, to $72.1 million. Total revenue fell 1.7%, to $1.97 billion.
Industry Stocks: February Performances

| 03/06/2015 @ 07:00PM
Nebraska Book Co. Has Improved Third Quarter

By Jim Milliot | 03/03/2015 @ 10:00AM

The Nebraska Book Company reported that revenue for the third quarter rose 10.7% over the comparable period in 2013, citing higher textbook rentals for the improved results.
Pearson Earns £69M in 2014 from Penguin Random Stake

By Calvin Reid | 02/27/2015 @ 10:00AM

Pearson reported 2014 earnings of £69 million, after taxes, from its 47% stake in Penguin Random House. For the year Pearson reported total revenues of £4.8 billion and operating earnings of £720 million.
HMH Trade Ended 2014 with a Loss

By Jim Milliot | 02/26/2015 @ 10:25AM

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade division sales fell 4% in 2014 and it had a $2.9 million net loss in 2014 compared to net income of $6.5 million in 2013.
Sales, Earnings Fell at S&S in 2014

By Jim Milliot | 02/12/2015 @ 12:00AM

Revenue at Simon & Schuster declined 3.8%, to $778 million, in 2014 while operating profit dropped 5.6%, to $101 million.
Big Drop in E-book Sales Led to Soft 2014 at HBG

By Jim Milliot | 02/10/2015 @ 09:20AM

A stronger publishing lineup in 2013 and problems caused by the standoff with Amazon over sales terms resulted in a 4.8% decline in sales for the year at Hachette Book Group USA.
Rowman & Littlefield Has Record Year

By Jim Milliot | 02/10/2015 @ 08:45AM

Acquisitions helped boost revenue at Rowman & Littlefield by 18 percent in 2014, CEO Jed Lyons reported. Sales at its affiliated company, National Book Network, were about even with 2013.
AAP Monthly StatShot, November 2014

| 02/06/2015 @ 07:00PM
Industry Stocks: January Performances

| 02/06/2015 @ 07:00PM
Harlequin Purchase Lifts Harper

By Jim Milliot | 02/05/2015 @ 12:00AM

Driven by its acquisition of Harlequin, revenue rose 20% at HarperCollins in the second quarter ended December 31, 2014 over the comparable period in fiscal 2014, hitting $469 million.
Trade Sales Mixed in November

By Jim Milliot | 02/04/2015 @ 12:00AM

Sales of adult trade books fell 7.8% in November compared to November 2013, while sales in the children/young adult segment rose 14.1%, according to AAP’s StatShot statistics program.
Indigo Third Quarter Profits Soar

By Jim Milliot | 02/03/2015 @ 12:00AM

Earnings at Indigo Books & Music for the third quarter ended December 27, 2014 hit C$33 million compared to C$8.5 million in the same period in 2013.
Amazon Lost $241 Million on $88 Billion in Sales

By Jim Milliot | 01/29/2015 @ 12:00AM

For the full year, sales increased 20% to $88.99 billion at Amazon, but the company had a net loss in the year of $241 million compared with net income of $274 million in 2013.

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