Bloomsbury will release its interim annual results on Thursday, and with upcoming fall releases from authors including John Irving, Margaret Atwood, William Boyd, Heston Blumenthal and Ben Schott, as well as the company’s recent acquisition of law, tax and accountancy publisher Tottel for £10 million, analysts are predicting an uptick in earnings later this year. Malcolm Morgan, of KBC Peel Hunt, said: “Specialist publishing is seen as having more fundamental attractions compared with trade publishing. Demand is more predictable, the origination cost is more controllable and the content more suitable to delivery across multiple media.”Scotsman
