A “modest rise in book manufacturing sales was offset by across-the-board declines in specialty publishing segment” at Courier in their first quarter, with overall sales declining 5 percent to $59.6 million, while net income was $0.7 million, half of what it was a year ago. In the publishing segment, “the steepest declines were at Creative Homeowner in keeping with recent quarters and the persistent weakness in the nation”s housing sector.” Publishing sales of $11.5 million were down 25 percent from $15.3 million a year ago. The company says they had declines of 13 percent at Dover, 27 percent at REA […]