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Independent Penguin Goes Out on High Note
In reporting its last results as an independent publisher, Penguin Group posted a 16% gain in sales, to 513 million pounds, and a 27% rise in adjusted operating profit to 28 million pounds.
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Digital Drives Amazon Second Quarter Sales
Total revenue at Amazon rose 22% in the second quarter ended June 30, to $15.70 billion, while operating income fell 26%, to $79 million.
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AAP Monthly StatShot, March 2013
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Westermann
Founded in 1838, Westermann's imprints include Schroedel, Diesterweg, Schoeningh, Westermann, Winklers, Spectra, Logo, Advesco, Schubi, Dorner, Westermann Wien, Arena Verlag, Ensslin, and Westermann Lernspielverlag.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Weka
Werner and Karin Mützel founded the WEKA Specialist Publishing House for Public Authorities and Industry in 1973.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Wiley
Wiley was founded in 1807 and competes in three markets represented by its core divisions: Scientific, Technical, Medical, and Scholarly (STMS); Professional/Trade (P/T); and Global Education. STMS (also known as Wiley-Blackwell) is the largest publisher for professional and scholarly societies.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Wolters Kluwer
Founded in 1836, Wolters Kluwer is a Dutch global information service company dedicated to professionals in the legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare markets.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters provides information for businesses and professionals in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Woongjin Think Big
Woongjin Think Big was established in 1980 as Woongjin Publications, and focuses on educational materials for people of all ages, including study books, complete collections, single works, after school learning materials, textbooks, and online contents.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: China South Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd
China South Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd. (ZhongNan) was established in 2008. The company publishes trade books, textbooks, educational materials, multimedia products, Internet, and investment books. The company also publishes newspapers and offers printing services.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Simon & Schuster
As the publishing division of the CBS Corporation, Simon & Schuster publishes and distributes consumer books under imprints such as Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner, and Free Press.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Springer Science+Business Media
Springer specializes in scientific and professional materials, with roughly 2,000 journals and 8,000 new book titles per year in science, technical and medical, transport and architecture
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Shueisha
Headquartered in Tokyo, Shueisha is the largest manga publisher in the world, with an alleged market share in Japan of 30%.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Shogakukan
Shogakukan was founded by Takeo Oga, grandfather of today’s president Masahiro Oga, on August 8,1922.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Scholastic
Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children's books, and was established in 1920.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Shinchosha
Founded in 1896, Shinchosha Publishing Company releases general literature, fiction, non-fiction, fine arts, philosophy, dictionaries, and Mangas.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Sanoma
The Sanoma Group is comprised of three reporting divisions: Media, News and Learning. Tthe Trade segment is no longer a reportable segment.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Saraiva
Saraiva is a leading publisher and bookseller in Brazil, offering a complete catalogue of elementary and high school textbooks, readers, law books, business administration, economics, business literature, and accounting books.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Santillana
Santillana is a textbook and general-interest publishing group in Spain and Latin America with an international presence in 22 countries.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2013: Reed Elsevier Group
Reed Elsevier Group is a U.K. company equally owned by two parent companies, Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. Elsevier is the world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services.



