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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Gakken
Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. is a publisher of books and magazines with a specific focus on illustrated and pictorial books and drill books. Gakken also develops educational materials for the Japanese school market, notably the preparatory and children markets, and has a stake in the general and daily living markets.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: FTD Editora
FTD is a publishing company that specializes in educational material. They are based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and were founded in 1902 to support schools run by the Maristas Brothers.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Eksmo
Eksmo is one of the largest general interest publishing houses in Russia. Established in 1991 as a small book-selling company, they gradually became a major player on the Russian market. Eksmo portfolio includes books of fiction and non-fiction, books for children and young adults, reference and educational publications.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Egmont
Egmont is one of Scandinavia’s leading media companies, covering magazines, books, films, cineplexes, TV, comic books, textbooks, online communities, games, and game consoles.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: De Agostini S.p.A.
Italy’s De Agostini S.p.A. is a family-owned international group controlled by B&D Holding. The holding company is organized as a financial conglomerate that operates in publishing, gaming, media and communications, and the financial sector. The sub-holding firm De Agostini Editore is present in 30 countries.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Cornelsen
The German Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe (Franz Cornelsen Education Group) is a provider of learning services. The group creates and distributes educational materials for a market which extends from pre-school education to vocational training.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Cengage Learning
Cengage Learning is present in six educational markets: academic, career, school, research, professional, and international. Operations are divided into two businesses: Domestic and International. Domestic concentrates on the US, where educational solutions are provided for the academic, career, school, and professional markets. Adaptations of these domestic products are distributed in over 110 countries by Cengages’s International operations.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: China Education Publishing & Media Group (China Education)
In December 2010, a strategic merger was announced in China to reshape educational publishing. China Education Publishing & Media Group (China Education) was formed with five subsidiaries: Higher Education Press (HEP), PEP (Peoples's Education Press), LCP (Language & Culture Press), CEPIEC (China Educational Publication Import & Export Corporation) and China Educational Instrument & Equipment Corp. Combined, those groups account for revenues of ca. 2.8 billion RMB (or 320 million EUR). According to Li Pengyi, General manager of the new group, its focus is on the rapid development and international dimension in Chinese educational publishing, improving the group’s stock listing, and developing digital strategies.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Bungeishunjū Ltd.
Bungeishunjū Ltd. (Kabushiki-gaisha Bungeishunjū) was established in Japan in 1923 by the best selling writer Kan Kikuchi. In addition to books, the company also publishes 10 cultural magazines, including the leading monthly magazine Bungeishunjū.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Bonnier
The Bonnier Group is a family-owned international media group based in Sweden. It has operations in more than 20 countries. It comprises approximately 175 companies. The Group´s structure is characterized by decentralization, with responsibilities, duties and authority being carried out as close to everyday operations as possible. Operations cover most media formats and are divided into five business areas: Books, Magazine Group, Business Press, Newspapers and Broadcasting & Entertainment.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann is an international media company with divisions in broadcasting (RTL Group); print and digital trade publishing (Random House); magazine publishing (Gruner + Jahr); and outsourcing services (Arvato). The company operates in fifty countries. Random House is a fully owned subsidiary, with nearly 200 imprints that publish 10,000 titles annually with sales of 400 million copies.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Abril Educacao S/A
As one of Latin America’s major communication groups, Grupo Abril integrates with various media to provide information, education and entertainment to the public.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: AST
AST was established in 1990 by Alexei Gertsev, Sergei Derevianko, and Tatiana Derevianko as "Creative Cooperative Association AST" (Russian: Творческое кооперативное объединение, or АСТ), and has become one of the largest book publishing groups in Russia and accounts for about 13% of the Russian book production (by number of copies). AST Publishing comprises several imprints including Astrel, Avanta+, Premiera-Media, Corpus, as well as the comic book and manga publisher Comics Factory. It also owns a book-store chain called "Bukva."
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Groupe Albin Michel
Groupe Albin Michel is one of France’s foremost literary and educational publishers. Its imprints include Les editions Albin Michel; the educational group Magnard-Vuibert (with Delagrave, Casteilla, and Librairie des écoles); De Vecchi; and a 40% share of Le Livre de Poche, of which Hachette owns 60%.
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The Global 50: The World's Largest Book Publishers, 2012
Pearson remained the world’s largest publisher in 2011 in a year when there was little movement among the ranking for the very largest global publishers.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill Education is comprised of two divisions: The School Education Group (SEG), which provides education material for the elementary and high school; and the Higher Education, Professional and International Group (HPI), which serves the college, university, professional, international and adult education market.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 25, 2012
Analysis and commentary on this week's PW Bestsellers lists.
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Court Approves HMH Restructuring Plan
The judge overseeing Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Chapter 11 proceedings approved the company’s restructuring plan Thursday morning, clearing the way for the publisher to emerge from bankruptcy.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for the Week Ending June 10, 2012
Tracking weekly print books sales using numbers from Nielsen BookScan.
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AAP Monthly StatShot, March 2012
March was a tough month for both the industry overall as well as the adult trade segment, according to AAP's Monthly StatShot. In adult trade, sales fell in all the print segments, with the steepest decline coming in mass market paperback, where sales were off 27.8% at the houses that report sales.
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