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  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Bungei Shunjū Ltd.

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Bungei Shunjū Ltd. was established in 1923 by the best selling writer Kan Kikuchi.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Bonnier

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    The Bonnier Group is a family-owned international media group based in Sweden.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Bertelsmann

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Bertelsmann is an international media company with divisions in broadcasting (RTL Group), print and digital trade publishing (Random House), magazine publishing (Gruner + Jahr), outsourcing services (Arvato), and printing (Be Printers).

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: AST

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    AST was established in 1990 by Alexei Gertsev, Sergei Derevianko and Tatiana Derevianko as "Creative Cooperative Association AST" (Russian: Творческое кооперативное объединение, or АСТ).

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Groupe Albin Michel

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    Albin Michel is one of France’s foremost literary and educational publishers.

  • Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Abril Educacao S/A

    | 07/19/2013 @ 07:00PM

    As one of Latin America’s major communication groups, Grupo Abril provides information, education and entertainment to most public segments and integrates with many forms of media.

  • Sales, Earnings Dropped at Scholastic in Fiscal '13

    By Jim Milliot | 07/18/2013 @ 12:00AM

    With sales of The Hunger Games trilogy down significantly, Scholastic reported that total revenue for the fiscal year ended May 31 fell 19.4%, to $1.79 billion and net income dropped to $31.1 million from $102.4 million in fiscal 2012.

  • E-books Drive 3% Quarterly Gain in Adult Trade Sales

    | 07/16/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Sales of adult e-books rose 13.6% in the first quarter of 2013 helping to offset sluggish sales of print books in the period, resulting in a 3.3% increase in adult trade sales at companies that report to AAP’s StatShot program.

  • Bloomsbury Sales Rose 19%

    | 07/12/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Bloomsbury announced this morning that revenue for the first quarter ended May 31 rose 19%, in line with management expectations.

  • Industry Stocks Rose 12.8% in First Six Months of 2013

    By Jim Milliot | 07/06/2013 @ 12:00AM

    The Publishers Weekly Stock Index rose 12.8% in the first six months of 2013, just slightly below the 13.8% increase posted by the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the January-to-June period.

  • Trade Book Exports Rose 7%

    | 06/27/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Exports of trade books rose 7.2% in 2012 to $833.4 million, according to figures released this morning by the AAP. The figures, drawn from BookStats, shows that exports of e-books rose 63% in the year, while print book exports increased 1.3%.

  • In Eventful Year, Wiley Sales, Earnings Fell

    By Jim Milliot | 06/18/2013 @ 12:00AM

    John Wiley reported a 1% drop in revenue for the fiscal year ended April 30, to $1.76 billion, while operating income fell $144.2 million from $212.7 million in fiscal 2012.

  • Adults Up, Kids Down in January

    | 06/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Adult trade sales rose 8.4% in January compared to January 2012, but sales in the children’s/young adult category fell 23.5%, according to figures released this morning by the AAP in its BookStats program.

  • Sales, Earnings Dipped at EDC in Fiscal 2013

    | 06/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Total sales at Educational Development Corp. for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2013 fell 3%, to $25.5 million, while net earnings dropped 43%, to $802,900.

  • Digital, Acquisitions Drive Bloomsbury

    By Jim Milliot | 05/21/2013 @ 12:00AM

    U.K-based publisher Bloomsbury reported that revenue from continuing operations rose 1%, to £98.5 million, for the fiscal year ended February 28 and pre-tax income increased 16%, to £9.8 million.

  • Children's/YA Sales Rose 13% in 2012

    | 05/16/2013 @ 03:00PM

    Total sales in the children's/young adult segment rose 13.0% in 2012, to $3.70 billion, according to figures released by BookStats.

  • Trade Sales Rose 6.9% in 2012

    By Jim Milliot | 05/15/2013 @ 12:01AM

    Trade book sales rose 6.9%, to $15.05 billion, in 2012, according to figures released by BookStats, the Association of American Publishers/Book Industry Study Group statistics program.

  • HBG Sales Up 14.9% in First Quarter

    | 05/14/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Revenue at Lagardère Publishing rose 6.6% in the first quarter ended March 31 compared to the first period of 2012, with sales up to 419 million euros.

  • HMH Cuts Loss, Trade Sales Up

    By Jim Milliot | 05/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

    Total sales inched up at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, rising 0.8%, to $166.6 million, and its net loss was cut to $137.4 million from $225.3 million in the comparable period in 2012.

  • Berean Chain Pleased with Sales

    By Marcia Z. Nelson | 05/08/2013 @ 08:00PM

    Berean Christian Stores likes its comp sales figures as it completes a systems overhaul.

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