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After Great Year, Scholastic Tries For Encore
Fiscal 2012 was a good year made great by The Hunger Games,” Scholastic chairman Dick Robinson told analysts in a conference call last Thursday to discuss results in the year ended May 31, in which sales rose 14%, to $2.15 billion, and net income jumped from $39.4 million to $102.4 million. The big sales driver was the children’s book publishing and distribution group, where sales rose 21%, led by the 109% increase by the trade division, which reported that there are now more than 50 million copies of the Hunger Games trilogy out in print and digital editions.
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Industry Sales Pegged At $27.2 Billion
Total book sales fell 2.5% in 2011, to $27.2 billion, according to the latest figures released by BookStats. Revenue was down in three of the four major segments measured by BookStats—k–12, higher education, and professional/scholarly—and up slightly in trade.
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Hunger Games Filled Scholastic's Coffers in Fiscal 2012
Led by a 21% increase in revenue in its children’s book publishing & distribution group, sales at Scholastic rose 14% in the fiscal year ended May 31, rising to $2.15 billion, higher than forecast. Operating income jumped to $186.3 million from $104 million while net income rose to $102.4 million from $39.4 million.
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Book Sales Fell 2.5% in 2011
Total book sales fell 2.5% in 2011, to $27.2 billion, according to estimates released Wednesday by BookStats, the annual industry sales survey coordinated by the Association of American Publishers and Book Industry Study Group. Unit sales rose, however, up 3.4%, to 2.77 billion with the discrepancy due to higher sales of lower-priced e-books.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Print Book Sales for the Week Ending July 8, 2012
PW's weekly look at print book sales based on data from Nielsen BookScan.
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Without Amazon, Results Up at EDC
In its first full quarter since it decided to stop selling its titles through Amazon, Educational Development Corp. reported that sales for the period ended May 31 rose 5%, to $6.6 million, while net earnings increased 17%, to $350,200.
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E-books, Deals Highlight Bloomsbury First Quarter
In a brief report on results for its first quarter ended May 31, U.K.-based Bloomsbury said that e-book sales rose 70% in the period, offsetting a 2% decline in print sales.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Print Sales for the Week Ending July 1, 2012
Our weekly look at print book sales based on data from Nielsen BookScan.
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 9, 2012
Analysis and commentary on this week's PW Bestsellers lists.
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Big Six-Month Bounce for Industry Stocks
Led by big dollar gains at Amazon and Walt Disney Co., the Publishers Weekly Stock Index rose 16.7% in the first six months of 2012, almost triple the increase posted by the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Print Sales for the Week Ending June 17, 2012
Our weekly look at print sales based on data from Nielsen BookScan.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Sanoma
The Sanoma Group is comprised of four reporting divisions: Media, News, Learning (former Sanoma Learning & Literature) and Trade. The Learning division includes Sanoma Learning strategic business unit, which operates in 14 countries and provides learning materials and solutions in print and digital format.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Grupo Planeta
Planeta leads the world's Spanish-language publishing markets in Spain and Latin America. The company has further strongholds in Portugal and France, where it owns Editis, the country’s second-largest group. Planeta is continuing to expand, with an emphasis on reading groups and international partnerships. In 2010 the company partnered with Santillana, Random House Mondadori and several smaller publishers to found the ebook distribution platform Libranda.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: La Martinière Groupe
Founded in 1992 by Hervé de la Martinière, this French publishing company initially focused on illustrated books in Photography, Heritage, Art, and Leisure. The group is now also active in general trade. Its largest domestic acquisition was Seuil, in 2004.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Hachette Livre
Hachette Livre (Lagardère Publishing) is a leading publisher in three key languages: French, Spanish, and English. In France, their imprints include: Grasset, Fayard, Stock, Livre de Poche, Lattès, Calmann-Lévy, Larousse, Hatier, Dunod, and many others. The company's main assets outside of France are Hachette Book Group USA (Grand Central Publishing, Little, Brown and Company, etc.); Hachette UK (Hodder-Headline, Octopus, Orion, Cassel, etc.); Hachette España (Anaya, Salvat, Bruño); Aique (Argentina); Patria (Mexico); and others.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Woongjin
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. Divisions of Woongjin include Educational Culture Business, Future Education Business, School Culture Business, English Educational Business, Middle School Education Business, and Research & Development Division.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters provides information for businesses and professionals in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media market. Thomson Reuters is dual-listed and is comprised by Thomson Reuters Corporation (Canada) and Thomson Reuters PLC (UK).
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: 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. Four divisions provide information, software, and services: Legal & Regulatory, Tax & Accounting, Health, and Financial & Compliance Services. The company operates in over 35 countries.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Wiley
Wiley 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. Wiley-Blackwell's programs encompass journals, books, major reference works, databases, and laboratory manuals, offered in print and electronically. P/T serves professionals and consumers alike, producing books, subscription content, and information services in all media under targeted categories. The portfolio of global brands includes For Dummies and Frommer's. Global Education publishes educational materials in all media formats.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Westermann
Founded in 1838, Westermann imprints include, as of today, Schroedel, Diesterweg, Schoeningh, Westermann, Winklers, Spectra, Logo, Advesco, Schubi, Dorner, Westermann Wien; Arena Verlag with Ensslin, Westermann Lernspielverlag.
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