Sales at HarperCollins rose 13.5 percent to $276 in their fiscal third quarter ending March 31, as operating income turned positive again at $4 million after an $8 million loss (plus a $30 million restructuring charge) in the same period a year ago. While an improvement, note that two years ago in the same quarter Harper had sales of $302 million and operating income of $29 million. As usual, Harper UK proudly points out to the local trade press that they “did outperform the market,” the most positive way of saying that sales declined, but not by the six percent […]