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Down but not out.

The article discusses the financial performance of publishers and the book trade in general in 2008. The authors note that a decline in book sales from the previous year is due to sales of the "Harry Potter" book series and comment that the market shares for the publishing market leaders remained th...

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Publicado en:Bookseller no. 5366; pp. 26 - 30
Autores principales: Tivnan, Tom, Neilan, Catherine, Stone, Philip, Neill, Graeme
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Bookseller Media Ltd 1/23/2009
Materias:
Book industry
Publishing & economics
Financial performance
Hachette Livre SA
Random House Inc.
Pan Macmillan Ltd.
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Market share
Economics
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Sumario:The article discusses the financial performance of publishers and the book trade in general in 2008. The authors note that a decline in book sales from the previous year is due to sales of the "Harry Potter" book series and comment that the market shares for the publishing market leaders remained the same. The performance of the publishing firms Hachette UK, Random House, Pan Macmillan and Bloomsbury during the economic crisis is discussed.