Bertelsmann provided a brief update on third quarter sales, with sales for the first nine months of the year reaching €13.5 billion just above flat, up 0.8 percent year over year. Organic growth was 1.9 percent, as “Penguin Random House, Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Education Group, and Bertelsmann Investments made the largest contributions to this increase. The release notes that Alchemised “sold more than 300,000 copies across formats in North America in its first week, making it one of the most successful adult debut novels of all time.” On their own, third quarter sales looked to have been flat at approximately […]
