Lagardère Announces 2011 Full Year Revenues
At Hachette Book Group: Digital growth continues at HBG, with net sales from digital products – eBooks plus downloadable audio – totaling 22% of overall revenue in 2011 (compared with 8% in 2010), 130% increase over the prior year. HBG had 62 titles hit the /New York Times/ eBook bestseller chart in 2011. On the print side of the list HBG had 182 /New York Times/ bestsellers last year, beating the company’s record of 155 set in 2010. An impressive 37 HBG titles reached #1 slot in 2011. Key HBG titles driving sales in 2011 include */The Sixth Man/* by David Baldacci/, *Bossypants* /by Tina Fey, */Every Day A Friday /*by Joel Osteen,/ *Kill Alex Cross */by James Patterson, */10th Anniversary/* by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, and */The Best of Me/*/ /by Nicholas Sparks.
- Companies:
- Hachette Book Group
- The New York Times
- People:
- James Patterson