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  • Manufacturing Gains Offset Publishing Declines at Courier

    | 08/01/2013 @ 12:00AM

    An 11% increase in its manufacturing segment offset a 3% decline in its publishing group leading to an overall 9% revenue increase at Courier Corp. for the third quarter ended June 29 with sales hitting $64.1 million.

  • Second Quarter Earnings Jump at S&S

    By Jim Milliot | 07/31/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Second quarter sales at Simon & Schuster held even at $189 million in the period ended June 30, 2013, while operating income jumped to $20 million from $7 million in last year’s second quarter.

  • Sales, Earnings Down at Harlequin

    By Jim Milliot | 07/31/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Revenue fell 7% at Harlequin in the second quarter ended June 30, to C$99.5 million, and operating earnings dropped to C$10.5 million from C$18.1 million in the second quarter of 2012.

  • Independent Penguin Goes Out on High Note

    Jim Milliot | 07/26/2013 @ 12:00AM

    In reporting its last results as an independent publisher, Penguin Group posted a 16% gain in sales, to 513 million pounds, and a 27% rise in adjusted operating profit to 28 million pounds.

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    Digital Drives Amazon Second Quarter Sales

    | 07/25/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Total revenue at Amazon rose 22% in the second quarter ended June 30, to $15.70 billion, while operating income fell 26%, to $79 million.

  • AAP Monthly StatShot, March 2013

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Westermann

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Founded in 1838, Westermann's imprints include Schroedel, Diesterweg, Schoeningh, Westermann, Winklers, Spectra, Logo, Advesco, Schubi, Dorner, Westermann Wien, Arena Verlag, Ensslin, and Westermann Lernspielverlag.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Weka

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Werner and Karin Mützel founded the WEKA Specialist Publishing House for Public Authorities and Industry in 1973.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Wiley

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Wiley was founded in 1807 and competes in three markets represented by its core divisions: Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly (STMS); Professional/Trade (P/T); and Global Education. STMS (also known as Wiley-Blackwell) is the largest publisher for professional and scholarly societies.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Wolters Kluwer

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Founded in 1836, Wolters Kluwer is a Dutch global information service company dedicated to professionals in the legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare markets.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Thomson Reuters

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Thomson Reuters provides information for businesses and professionals in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Woongjin Think Big

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Woongjin Think Big was established in 1980 as Woongjin Publications, and focuses on educational materials for people of all ages, including study books, complete collections, single works, after school learning materials, textbooks, and online contents.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: China South Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    China South Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd. (ZhongNan) was established in 2008. The company publishes trade books, textbooks, educational materials, multimedia products, Internet, and investment books. The company also publishes newspapers and offers printing services.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Simon & Schuster

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    As the publishing division of the CBS Corporation, Simon & Schuster publishes and distributes consumer books under imprints such as Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner, and Free Press.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Springer Science+Business Media

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Springer specializes in scientific and professional materials, with roughly 2,000 journals and 8,000 new book titles per year in science, technical and medical, transport and architecture

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Shueisha

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Headquartered in Tokyo, Shueisha is the largest manga publisher in the world, with an alleged market share in Japan of 30%.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Shogakukan

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Shogakukan was founded by Takeo Oga, grandfather of today’s president Masahiro Oga, on August 8,1922.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Scholastic

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children's books, and was established in 1920.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Shinchosha

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Founded in 1896, Shinchosha Publishing Company releases general literature, fiction, non-fiction, fine arts, philosophy, dictionaries, and Mangas.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Sanoma

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    The Sanoma Group is comprised of three reporting divisions: Media, News and Learning. Tthe Trade segment is no longer a reportable segment.

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