S&S Australia reports record year, sales up 15%
Total sales at Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia grew to more than $50 million for the first time, up 15% on 2019, the company reports. S&S Australia managing director Dan...
S&S sales up slightly in 2015
Simon & Schuster has recorded global sales of US$780m (A$1,098m) in 2015, up 0.25% from US$778m (A$1,095m) the previous year, report Publishers Weekly and the Bookseller. Parent company CBS released...
Hachette US and UK sales drop in 2015
Hachette parent company Lagardere Publishing has reported a rise in sales for 2015, despite a drop in sales at Hachette US and UK that was attributed to declining ebook sales. Overall,...
Waterstones sales increase in 2014-15
UK chain bookseller Waterstones has recorded a rise in sales for the year to 25 April 2015, leading MD James Daunt to comment that the company was ‘moving in the...
HarperCollins UK profits tripled in FY 2014-15
HarperCollins UK’s profits have tripled in the 2014-15 financial year, with revenues up by £6.6m (A$13.4m) to £186m (A$377m) and profit before tax up by £8.9m (A$18.1m) to £13.1m (A$26.6m),...
Amazon revenue up 20% in 2015
Amazon’s fourth-quarter financial results show net sales increased to US$107bn (A$151.3bn) in 2015, a 20% increase on 2014, although net income remained marginal at just US$596m (A$842.52m) for the year....
Harlequin boosts HarperCollins’ full-year sales results
HarperCollins’ parent company News Corp has reported the publisher’s revenue and earnings rose in the fiscal year ending 30 June, reports Publishers Weekly. HarperCollins’ total global sales increased 16% to US$1.67bn (A$2.27bn) for...
Bloomsbury profit, revenue up
In the UK, Bloomsbury has reported slight growth in profit and revenue in the 12 months to the end of February, reports the Bookseller. The publisher reported revenue of £111.1m...
Bloomsbury Australia revenue up 14%
Bloomsbury Australia’s revenue is up 14% for the year ended 28 February 2014. Bloomsbury Australia recorded revenue of £6.365 million (A$11.58 million), up from £5.583 million (A$10.16 million) in the...
Australia Post to deliver on weekends this Christmas
Australia Post has announced it will deliver parcels to households on weekends in November and December this year, as well as extending opening hours for parcel collections at its retail...
WH Smith ebook performance ‘ahead of plan’, profits before tax up 10%
British retailer WH Smith, which operates eight stores in Australia, says its performance in the ebooks market, where it sells ebooks in partnership with Kobo, ‘continues to be ahead of...
Booktopia revenue up 46.5%
Booktopia had achieved revenues of $20.8 million, excluding GST, for the 2011/12 year, up 46.5% from $14.2 million in 2010/11, according to CEO Tony Nash. Nash told Bookseller+Publisher this growth...
OPUS reports $1.8 million loss, but McPherson’s ‘merger benefits tracking ahead of plan’
OPUS group, which acquired McPherson Printing Group earlier this year, has announced a $1.8 million loss after tax for the financial year ended 30 June 2012. However, this was up...
‘Fifty Shades’ gives PMP ‘strong finish to the year’
PMP, parent company of book printer Griffin Press, has announced a ‘strong finish’ to the financial year for its book printing business, thanks to Fifty Shades of Grey (E L James,...
NewsCorp results: Ebook sales ‘more than doubled’ for HarperCollins
Sales of its ebooks have ‘more than doubled’ for HarperCollins Australia and New Zealand for the 2011/12 financial year, according to CEO James Kellow. Kellow’s comments come after HarperCollins worldwide...
Wiley announces results; planned changes ‘unlikely to significantly affect activities’ in Australia
Wiley has reported revenue in the Asia Pacific division of its Global Education segment fell by $13 million (approximately A$12.7 million) or eight percent in the fourth quarter, ‘reflecting softness in the...
Annual results: Scholastic benefits from sales of ‘Hunger Games’ trilogy
Scholastic has announced that sales at the company rose 14% for the year ending 31 May, rising to US$2.15 billion (A$2.04 billion) from US$1.89 billion (A$1.79 billion) in 2011. Scholastic said...
Scholastic reports international sales growth for 2010-11 fiscal year
Scholastic has reported sales growth for its international divisions for the fiscal year ending 31 May 2011. In its latest financial results, released in July, the publisher said that sales...
Scribo acquisition ‘yet to deliver on its promise’ says PMP; G&G revenue falls 4.6% in 2009-10
PMP, the owner of book distributor The Scribo Group, has admitted its acquisition of the distribution business in September 2008 'has yet to deliver on its promise'. In the company's...
REDgroup releases finalised annual report
Further to the Weekly Book Newsletter article REDgroup annual results: ‘Promising growth' in online sales but overall $43 million loss, the REDgroup has announced its final 2009-10 full year results...