Bloomsbury reported earnings for the four month period ending June 30, with trade sales of £31.5 million, up from £24.6 million — an unexpected increase of 28 percent over the prior year period, despite the disruption caused by COVID. Print revenues were 9 percent above last year’s sales, and digital revenues grew by 63 percent year-on-year, with ebook revenue up 53 percent. Performance was strongest in the US, where sales grew by 38 percent, led by Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge, […]
