Earnings Reports: Harper and Dover Earnings were nearly flat at HarperCollins for their fiscal first quarter, rising $1 million from a year ago to $60 million, as sales grew almost 5 percent, to $364 million. At Courier’s Dover Publishing, sales for the full fiscal year were nearly flat, rising $.5 million to $36.9 million, but profits rose 8 percent, to $6.3 million. One growth sector for the company continues to be direct-to-consumer sales, which rose 7 percent in the fourth quarter and 5 percent for the full year. International sales, though flat in the fourth quarter, also rose sharply for […]
