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HMH Trade Ended 2014 with a Loss
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade division sales fell 4% in 2014 and it had a $2.9 million net loss in 2014 compared to net income of $6.5 million in 2013.
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Sales, Earnings Fell at S&S in 2014
Revenue at Simon & Schuster declined 3.8%, to $778 million, in 2014 while operating profit dropped 5.6%, to $101 million.
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Big Drop in E-book Sales Led to Soft 2014 at HBG
A stronger publishing lineup in 2013 and problems caused by the standoff with Amazon over sales terms resulted in a 4.8% decline in sales for the year at Hachette Book Group USA.
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Rowman & Littlefield Has Record Year
Acquisitions helped boost revenue at Rowman & Littlefield by 18 percent in 2014, CEO Jed Lyons reported. Sales at its affiliated company, National Book Network, were about even with 2013.
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AAP Monthly StatShot, November 2014
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Industry Stocks: January Performances
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Harlequin Purchase Lifts Harper
Driven by its acquisition of Harlequin, revenue rose 20% at HarperCollins in the second quarter ended December 31, 2014 over the comparable period in fiscal 2014, hitting $469 million.
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Trade Sales Mixed in November
Sales of adult trade books fell 7.8% in November compared to November 2013, while sales in the children/young adult segment rose 14.1%, according to AAP’s StatShot statistics program.
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Indigo Third Quarter Profits Soar
Earnings at Indigo Books & Music for the third quarter ended December 27, 2014 hit C$33 million compared to C$8.5 million in the same period in 2013.
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Amazon Lost $241 Million on $88 Billion in Sales
For the full year, sales increased 20% to $88.99 billion at Amazon, but the company had a net loss in the year of $241 million compared with net income of $274 million in 2013.
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AAP Monthly StatShot, October 2014
Led by gains in print formats, sales of adult trade books rose 10.9% in October over October 2013, according to figures released in AAP’s monthly StatShot program.
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Print Drives October Sales Gains
Led by strong gains in print formats, sales of adult trade books rose 10.9% in October over October 2013, while sales of children/young adult sales increased 16.5%, according to figures released in AAP’s monthly StatShot program.
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Industry Stocks Struggled in 2014
Despite another year of strong gains for the stock market, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell 13.6% in 2014 (relative to 2013), as only five of the 13 companies on the PWSI had an increase in their share price.
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Book Clubs Boost Scholastic in Q2
Led by a 14% increase in its children’s book publishing and distribution business, revenue at Scholastic rose 7% in the second quarter ended November 30, 2014 compared to the same period last year.
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Soft September for Adult Trade
Sales in the adult trade segment fell 11.8% in the month, compared to September 2013.
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Wiley Quarterly Results Up; Details Book Reorg
Revenue at John Wiley rose to $477 million in the second quarter ended October 31, 2014, from $449 million in the comparable period in 2013.
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Industry Stocks: November Performances
With the stock prices up at nine companies in the month, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index rose 6.5% in November.
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Units Rose 5% over Thanksgiving
Print unit sales rose 5% in the week ended November 30, 2014 compared to Thanksgiving week in 2013 at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan.
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EDC Posts Record Sales Quarter
Revenue in the third quarter ended November 30, 2014 hit $10.9 million at Educational Development Corp., the highest quarterly sales ever recorded.
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Sales Rose 1% at Books-A-Million
Revenue at Books-A-Million rose 1.3%, to $101.2 million, compared to the third quarter last year, while the net loss stayed at $6.9 million.
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