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Archives for November 2007

Lunch for Wednesday, November 14

November 14, 2007
By Michael Cader

Bertelsmann Q3: Sales Slide; Profits Up Bertelsmann issued one of those very brief, very European third quarter trading updates that doesn’t reveal a lot of information (and does not break out performance by divisions). “Adjusted revenues” (which account for both portfolio changes and “exchange rate effects”) were flat for the quarter at 4.3 billion euros, while the company’s preferred profit measure — operating EBIT — rose 11.7 percent to 314 million euros. But that figure is impaired by a one-time cost of 96 million euros “for the settlement of antitrust proceedings against the advertising time marketer IP Deutschland.” CFO Thomas […]

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Lunch for Tuesday, November 13

November 13, 2007
By Michael Cader

Macmillan Buys Audio Company Macmillan Audio (formerly Audio Renaissance) has acquired Language Dynamics, which creates “fast and easy to learn foreign language courses” and the Behind the Wheel line of instructional foreign language audiobooks. President of Language Dynamics Mark Frobose was represented by attorney Paul Levine and agent Peter Miller of PMA Literary and Film Management in the negotiations with Macmillan publisher Mary Beth Roche. Roche sees the acquisition as “ideal for both the traditional audiobook market as well as the new, exciting channels of distribution available to audiobook listeners.” Frobose will become editorial director of Macmillan Audio’s foreign language […]

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Lunch for Monday, November 12

November 12, 2007
By Michael Cader

First Man Asian Winner Jiang Rong, 62, won the first $10,000 Man Asian Literary Prize for WOLF TOTEM. Penguin China general manager Jo Lusby says, “He was completely unknown, this book came completely left field. Something in your gut… and publisher’s sensibility screams out, this is really unusual and there’s something that people have never seen from China.” Penguin Press will publish in the US on March 27. Reuters Penguin Will Sell at US Prices in Canada As “book rage” increases in Canada with local book prices looking higher and higher against the ever-plunging US dollar (now worth less the […]

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Lunch Weekly for Monday, November 12

November 11, 2007
By Michael Cader

The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace.com if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form   FICTION Debut Charles McCain’s SEA EAGLE: A Novel of the Kriegsmarine at War, […]

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Lunch for Friday, November 9

November 9, 2007
By Michael Cader

Coming December 1?: James Potter and the Hall of Elder’s Crossing A teaser web site is promoting the arrival of “James Potter and the Hall of Elder’s Crossing” with a countdown clock that says the hall opens December 1. Copy at the site says, “If you are here then you are a friend (or a friend’s friend) so welcome! The Hall will open soon and when it does you will need your password to enter.… I’ll occasionally be releasing a few preview tidbits so check back every now and again to see what’s coming. “Until then, keep the secret and […]

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Lunch for Thursday, November 8

November 8, 2007
By Michael Cader

Sales Drop, Profits Plunge at Harper Profits fell 35 percent to $36 million at HarperCollins in their first quarter, as sales fell 10 percent to $330 million from $368 million a year ago. Acknowledging it as a “terrible” quarter, CEO Jane Friedman noted, “I would say we’ve probably not have a quarter this bad during my tenure.” (Our archives only go back about 5 years, and it’s certainly the lowest sales and profits for this particular period for Harper in that span of time.) Friedman attributes the drop to “two major parts of our business,” the UK — which “has […]

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