Lagardere Announces Third Quarter Results

Ebook sales still enjoy strong growth in the third quarter. In the US, ebooks represented 27% of HBG's adult trade sales, up from 20% in the third quarter of 2012. At Hachette UK, digital sales rose to 30% of the company's adult trade sales from 20% in the third quarter of 2012. For Lagardère Publishing, digital represented 9.4% of total net sales, compared to 6.4% in the third quarter of 2012.

At Lagardère: The company reported net sales of €1.877 billion in the third quarter, down 2.9% over the same period in 2012.

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