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  • Industry Stocks: February Performers

    | 03/07/2014 @ 07:00PM

    Both the Publishers Weekly Stock Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rebounded in February after being down in January.

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    HMH Trade Sales Rose 9% in 2013

    By Jim Milliot | 03/06/2014 @ 12:00AM

    Sales in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade division rose 9% in 2013, to $170.7 million, and adjusted EBITDA declined to $24 million from $29 million in 2012.

  • Sales, Earnings Fell at Harlequin in 2013

    By Jim Milliot | 03/05/2014 @ 12:00AM

    With sales of print books declining and the growth of e-book sales slowing, Harlequin had declines in sales and earnings in 2013, parent company Torstar reported.

  • EDC Fiscal 2014 Sales Up

    | 03/04/2014 @ 12:00AM

    A decision two years ago to stop selling its books on Amazon led to a turnaround in Educational Development Corp.'s home business division in the fiscal year ended February 28, 2014.

  • Barnes & Noble: A Tale of Two Companies

    By Jim Milliot | 02/28/2014 @ 07:00PM

    The release of its third-quarter results for fiscal 2014 and the subsequent conference call with analysts on February 26 made it clearer than ever that Barnes & Noble executives are operating two companies with very different issues.

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    Pearson Earned 78 Million Pounds from PRH

    | 02/28/2014 @ 12:00AM

    Pearson reported a contribution to earnings of 78 million pounds from Penguin and Penguin Random House in 2013.

  • Quarto Reports $176M in 2013 Revenues

    | 02/26/2014 @ 10:00AM

    U.K. illustrated book publisher the Quarto Group reported revenue of $176.3 million for 2013, a slight decline from the $180.9 million reported in 2012.

  • Barnes & Noble Q3 Revenues Decline 10.3%

    | 02/26/2014 @ 10:00AM

    Barnes & Noble reports that consolidated revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 decreased 10.3% to $2 billion from the same period in the previous fiscal year. Third quarter EBITDA increased from $59 million a year ago to $173 million.

  • Sales Up at Chegg, Loss Increases

    | 02/14/2014 @ 12:00AM

    Chegg reported revenue in 2013 rose 19.8%, to $255.6 million, but the company’s net loss increased to $55.8 million from $49.0 million in 2012.

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    Profits Rose 32% in 2013 at S&S

    By Jim Milliot | 02/12/2014 @ 12:00AM

    Operating income at Simon & Schuster rose 32% in 2013, to $106 million on a sales increase of 2.4%, to $809 million, parent company CBS reported.

  • 2013 Sales at HBG Rose 6%

    | 02/11/2014 @ 12:00AM

    Driven by a solid fourth quarter and good sales for the year in the U.S., Lagardere reported sales of 2.07 billion euros in its publishing division for 2013, down from 2.08 billion in 2012.

  • Market Watch: Week of February 10, 2014

    | 02/07/2014 @ 07:00PM

    Just as the Dow Jones Industrial Average pulled back in January following large gains in 2013, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index also got off to a slow start in 2014.

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    Harper Earnings Jumped 33% in Quarter

    By Jim Milliot | 02/06/2014 @ 12:00AM

    EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) rose 33% in HarperCollins’ second quarter ended December 31, 2013, to $68 million. Sales rose a more modest 4%.

  • Rowman & Littlefield Has Record Year

    | 02/04/2014 @ 10:00AM

    Sales at academic and professional publisher Rowman & Littlefield rose 8% in 2013, to $51 million.

  • Cengage Reaches Restructuring Deal

    | 02/03/2014 @ 12:00AM

    Cengage Learning, Inc. announced Monday morning that it has reached an agreement with its major financial stakeholders and creditors that will allow it to emerge from Chapter 11.

  • MacAdam/Cage Files Chapter 7

    | 02/03/2014 @ 12:00AM

    After years of financial problems, independent publishing house MacAdam/Cage filed for Chapter 7 liquidation last month in a San Francisco court.

  • Amazon Posts A (Small) Profit

    | 01/30/2014 @ 12:00AM

    Total sales in Amazon’s fourth quarter in 2013 rose 20% over the last quarter of 2012, hitting $25.59 billion, while net income rose to $239 million from $97 million in last year’s final period.

  • Courier Results Up in Fiscal First Quarter

    | 01/22/2014 @ 12:00AM

    First quarter sales for the period ended December 28 at Courier Corp. rose 12%, to $72.8 million, and net income was up 9%.

  • S&S Gets Court Okay to Sell Good Books Titles

    | 01/21/2014 @ 12:00AM

    The court overseeing the Chapter 7 liquidation of Good Enterprises has approved a motion allowing Simon & Schuster to continue distributing the Good Books titles.

  • EDC Has Strong Third Quarter

    | 01/21/2014 @ 12:00AM

    Educational Development Corp. that third quarter sales rose 8%, to $8.5 million, in the quarter ended November 30. Net earnings were up to $547,800 from $525,700.

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