First quarter sales at Simon & Schuster fell by $8 million (or 4.5 percent) to $145 million, the company’s third consecutive quarterly revenue drop, as a result of “lower print book sales.” OIBDA was flat at $13 million (with operating income up $1 million to $12 million), with lower selling and inventory costs “more than offsetting” the print book sales decline. Bestselling titles of note included Pulitzer winner All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, and Get What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller, and Paul Solman. CEO Carolyn Reidy […]
