Separately, Barnes & Noble Education reported fourth quarter and full fiscal year sales after the close of the market on Wednesday. Fourth quarter sales of $358 million were up 4.3 percent, and full year sales of $2,204 million were 17.6 percent higher — both due to the acquisitions of MBS in February 2017 and Student Brands…
Barnes & Noble Ends the Year On Further Declines
Barnes & Noble reported fourth quarter and full-year results Thursday morning, and once more the trendline for the company is decidedly downward. Sales for the quarter were $786 million, a decline of 4.3 percent from the prior year, while comparable store sales dropped 4.1 percent. Consolidated EBITDA was $6.7 million in the fourth quarter, as…
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Former editor-in-chief of Real Simple Kristin van Ogtrop will join Inkwell Management as a literary agent. She will represent memoir, biography, commercial women’s fiction, lifestyle and “big idea books driven by counterintuitive thinking.” Inkwell partners, Kimberly Witherspoon, Richard Pine and Michael Carlisle write: “Though Kristin was a terrifically successful magazine editor, we are certain that…
Despite Organizers’ Efforts, Bookseller and Librarian Attendance Fell at Book Expo
For years now as Book Expo has plainly diminished in actual scale — primarily show floor exhibition space and attendees — organizers have understandably shied away from much discussion of the core data, bringing to bear a series of efforts to “reimagine” the show and drive the best possible experience for those who do participate….
Westover’s Educated Tops Amazon’s Best Books of the Year So Far
As we anticipated last week in our mini round-up, Amazon has now issued their list of the 20 best books of 2018 so far, along with a package of selections across 12 categories. Eight of our nine guesses appear on the Amazon — they dropped the Sedaris — but their list only adds two other titles…
People, Etc.: Cheiffetz Starts Atria Imprint, MIT Clears Diaz to Teach
Julia Cheiffetz joins the Atria Publishing Group today as vice president and publisher of a yet-to-be-named imprint, effective today. She reports to new group publisher Libby McGuire, The imprint “will draw on [her] unique strengths as an editor and her passion for publishing books that address issues of social import.” She has been executive editor at…