Finance

HBG Has 5.4% Sales Gain in Q1
May 17, 2018

Revenue at Hachette Book Group rose 5.4% in the first quarter ended March 31, 2018, over the comparable period last year, parent company Lagardère reported. Total sales for the Lagardère publishing group increased 0.4%, to 442 million euros.

Sales, Earnings Up at HarperCollins
May 10, 2018

Strong backlist and digital audio sales led to a 6% increase in revenue in the quarter ended March 30, 2018 over the comparable period a year ago at HarperCollins and earnings rose 16%.

Hudson Breaks Even in Q1
May 8, 2018

In its first quarterly filing since it went public earlier this year, the Hudson Group, parent company of Hudson Booksellers, said revenue rose 9.2% in the first quarter ended March 31.

HMH Trade Has Small Q1 Sales Gain
May 7, 2018

HMH attributed the sales rise in the first quarter of 2018 in part to higher print titles sales, but a change in the product mix of sales—last year HMH sold lots of 'The Handmaid's Tale' and '1984' e-books—contributed to a slight rise in the quarterly net loss.

Industry Stocks: April 2018 Performances
May 4, 2018

Although the stock market went through some wild gyrations in April, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the month only 2.5% higher than the start of April.

S&S Has Earnings Gain in Q1
May 3, 2018

A 43% increase in digital audio sales in the first quarter of 2018 helped lift earnings 7% at Simon & Schuster over the first period in 2017.

Amazon Reports Strong 2018 Q1
April 26, 2018

Even with sales in its online store rising only 18% in the first quarter of 2018 over the comparable period in 2017, total revenue at the company jumped 43% and earnings soared 92%.

Trade Sales Fell in November
April 5, 2018

Sales in the adult trade segment fell 2.2% in November 2017 compared to a year ago, but were still up 2.9% in the first 11 months of the year. Children's/YA sales were down 8.2% in November and fell 3.0% for the first 11 months of the year.