Lagardere released financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025, reporting publishing sales of €841 million for the quarter, up 1.8 percent on the company’s like-for-like basis (more akin to what other companies call “adjusted revenue”), and €3.001 billion for the year, up 2.7 percent like-for-like and 4.5 percent as reported, gaining €128 million overall. Recurring EBIT was €312 million, up just €2 million and EBITA was €308 million, up 7 percent. Fourth quarter sales were up €42 million from the previous year, as recent acquisitions added €54 million in the period, balanced by a €27 million negative […]
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Beth Howard’s SONG FOR A HARD-HIT PEOPLE: A Memoir of Antiracist Solidarity from a Coal Miner’s Daughter: Authors and Editors Conversation #4 from Our Buzz Books Spring/Summer 2026 Nonfiction Panel
Today we bring you the fourth Authors and Editors conversation from our recent nonfiction panel with the inspiring Beth Howard and her Haymarket editor Eric Kerl for SONG FOR A HARD-HIT PEOPLE, publishing April 21. Want to read the excerpt? Download the free sampler edition here: #BuzzBooksOfficial
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Ask an Expert: Alia Hanna Habib, Agent and Author of TAKE IT FROM ME
Take It from Me: An Agent’s Guide to Building a Nonfiction Writing Career from Scratch. (Pantheon, 1/20. Editor: Denise Oswald. Agent: Meredith Kaffel Simonoff.) Alia Hanna Habib is a vice president and literary agent at The Gernert Company, where she represents MacArthur Fellows, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, National Book Award finalists, and numerous New York Times-bestselling authors. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. You include a lot of yourself in the book, and mention that you don’t think writers should completely erase themselves in an effort for neutrality and objectivity. Why do you think having a clear perspective is a strength? Putting […]
Annabelle Gurwitch’s THE END OF MY LIFE IS KILLING ME: The Unexpected Joys of a Cancer Slacker: Authors and Editors Conversation #3 from Our Buzz Books Spring/Summer 2026 Nonfiction Panel
Today we bring you the third Authors and Editors conversation from our recent nonfiction panel with the witty Annabelle Gurwitch, and her Zibby editor Kathleen Harris for THE END OF MY LIFE IS KILLING ME, publishing March 17. Read all the excerpts in our free ebook sampler edition here: #BuzzBooksOfficial