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An 'unquestionably bad year' at Canongate

Scottish independent publisher Canongate has described the year-ending 2007 as "challenging". The firm reported group turnover dropped "slightly", while profits before tax fel...

'Strong performance in Australia' for Scholastic

Scholastic Corporation, parent company of Scholastic Australia has reported a net loss of US$22.4 million (A$25.8 million) for the financial year to May.  However, when the company's loss-ma...

Quercus doubles turnover in 2007

UK-based publisher Quercus has reported that it more than doubled its turnover, from £3.6m in calendar 2006 to £8.6m in calendar 2007, although profit for 2007 was modest.

Taschen profit up, but sales down

Illustrated publisher Taschen has reported a fall in sales but an increase in profit for the year ending 31 December 2007. Turnover fell from £6.9m to £6.5m, but gross profit increase...

Revenue slightly down at Elsevier

The chairman of Reed Elsevier Jan Hommen has hailed a ‘year of significant achievement and strategic development' for the multinational, despite revenue from Elsevier textbooks dropping £1...

Bloomsbury annual results

Bloomsbury has released it annual results for 2007--potentially its last Harry Potter year--showing big increases in sales and profits.

Audible's revenue rises 34%

Revenue for US-based online audiobook retailer Audible.com rose by 34% in 2007. The company has now been bought by Amazon.com.

Holtzbrinck reports trade sales increase for 2006

Holtzbrinck, the parent of publisher Pan Macmillan, has reported a 7.5% increase in total revenue in 2006 to €2.24 billion (A$3.4 billion).  The company, which has interests in newspapers an...

Harry's printer reports strong year

PMP, the parent company of book publisher Griffin Press, is ‘in a much stronger position that it was three years ago, and better equipped to face ongoing challenges,' according to chairman Graha...

Wiley's 200th a 'record year'

As it celebrates 200 years in business, John Wiley & Sons has announced record annual results for 2006-07, topping US$1 billion in global revenue for the second year in a row. Including a US$...
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