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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann is an international media company with divisions in broadcasting (RTL Group); print and digital trade publishing (Random House); magazine publishing (Gruner + Jahr); and outsourcing services (Arvato). The company operates in fifty countries. Random House is a fully owned subsidiary, with nearly 200 imprints that publish 10,000 titles annually with sales of 400 million copies.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Abril Educacao S/A
As one of Latin America’s major communication groups, Grupo Abril integrates with various media to provide information, education and entertainment to the public.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: AST
AST was established in 1990 by Alexei Gertsev, Sergei Derevianko, and Tatiana Derevianko as "Creative Cooperative Association AST" (Russian: Творческое кооперативное объединение, or АСТ), and has become one of the largest book publishing groups in Russia and accounts for about 13% of the Russian book production (by number of copies). AST Publishing comprises several imprints including Astrel, Avanta+, Premiera-Media, Corpus, as well as the comic book and manga publisher Comics Factory. It also owns a book-store chain called "Bukva."
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: Groupe Albin Michel
Groupe Albin Michel is one of France’s foremost literary and educational publishers. Its imprints include Les editions Albin Michel; the educational group Magnard-Vuibert (with Delagrave, Casteilla, and Librairie des écoles); De Vecchi; and a 40% share of Le Livre de Poche, of which Hachette owns 60%.
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The Global 50: The World's Largest Book Publishers, 2012
Pearson remained the world’s largest publisher in 2011 in a year when there was little movement among the ranking for the very largest global publishers.
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Global Publishing Leaders 2012: McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill Education is comprised of two divisions: The School Education Group (SEG), which provides education material for the elementary and high school; and the Higher Education, Professional and International Group (HPI), which serves the college, university, professional, international and adult education market.
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This Week's Bestsellers: June 25, 2012
Analysis and commentary on this week's PW Bestsellers lists.
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Court Approves HMH Restructuring Plan
The judge overseeing Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Chapter 11 proceedings approved the company’s restructuring plan Thursday morning, clearing the way for the publisher to emerge from bankruptcy.
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The Weekly Scorecard: Tracking Unit Print Sales for the Week Ending June 10, 2012
Tracking weekly print books sales using numbers from Nielsen BookScan.
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AAP Monthly StatShot, March 2012
March was a tough month for both the industry overall as well as the adult trade segment, according to AAP's Monthly StatShot. In adult trade, sales fell in all the print segments, with the steepest decline coming in mass market paperback, where sales were off 27.8% at the houses that report sales.
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E-books Up 33% in Down March
Sales fell in all print segments except children’s in March, according to AAP’s Monthly StatShot released Friday morning.
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Earnings Up, Sales Down at Educational Development Corp.
Despite a 3% decline in revenue in the fiscal year ended February 29, to $26.3 million, net earnings at Educational Development Corp. increased to $1.4 million from $1.2 million. At the end of its fiscal year in February, EDC announced that it would no longer sell its titles through Amazon.
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Books-A-Million Says Seven Lawsuits Filed Against Buyout Bid
In its first quarter filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, Books-A-Million disclosed that seven lawsuits have been filed in connection with the Anderson family offer to acquire all outstanding shares.
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Market Watch: Industry Stocks: May 2012 Performances
The Publishers Weekly Stock Index was unable to overcome a bad month for the stock market in general in May. The PWSI fell 6.9% last month, a slightly worse decline than the 6.2% posted by the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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Court Approves Nebraska Book Co. Restructuring Plan
After operating for almost one year under Chapter 11 as it worked its way through a prepackaged bankruptcy, Nebraska Book Co. won court approval Wednesday of a restructuring plan that eliminates about $270 million in debt.
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The Tortured History of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Born under a mountain of debt in late 2007, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt forced its executives to spend as much time finding ways to keep the company financially afloat as publishing educational materials and trade and reference books.
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