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Open Road Touts ‘Record Growth’
In his annual letter to employees, Open Road Integrated Media CEO David Steinberger said more titles and new programs led to record results at the book discovery company.
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Trade Sales Were Mixed in 2025, While Religion Sales Rose
The final AAP StatShot report for the year found small increases in the children’s/YA and religion books segments compared to 2024, as well as a slight decline for adult books.
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Amazon Posts Record Results
Led by its cloud computing division, sales for the tech giant topped $716 billion in 2025 and net income was $77 billion.
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Sales Up, Profits Down at HarperCollins
A $16 million write-off led to a 2% decline in profits in Q2 despite a 6% increase in sales, to $633 million. Better things are expected in the second half of the publisher’s fiscal year partly due to soaring sales of hockey romance Heated Rivalry.
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Publishing Sales Got a Small Boost in November
Solid gains in the religious books and children’s/YA fiction categories helped lift total November 2025 sales 1.9% at the 1,324 publishers that report their results to AAP’s StatShot program.
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James Daunt Sees a Bright Future for B&N
With more than 700 outlets now open across the country, the Barnes & Noble CEO opines on the lifecycle of hardcovers, his commitment to stocking books from publishers of all sizes, and what lies ahead for the bookselling chain.
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Print Book Sales Rose Slightly in 2025
A mild rebound in children’s book sales helped to offset softness on the adult side, resulting in a 0.3% increase in unit sales of print books in 2025 over 2024. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins was last year’s top-selling title.
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Barnes & Noble Education Finally Wraps Up Fiscal 2025
After completing an investigation into its financial reporting, the higher educational retailer has filed its delayed 10-K with the SEC, which confirmed a small sales increase in the fiscal year ended May 3, 2025 and an improved bottom line.
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Scholastic Sales Inched Up in Q2, Profits Rose 11%
Gains in the company’s children’s book publishing and distribution, as well as international groups, offset declines in its entertainment and educational solution units, while lower costs helped boost operating income to $82.9 million.
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Publishing Sales Remained Solid in October
October sales rose 6.7% over a year ago at publishers that report to AAP’s StatShot program. The increase followed a 14% jump in September, likely reflecting Amazon’s return to more normal buying patterns after reducing orders over the summer.
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