Bertelsmann released a brief financial update on the first nine months of the year. In the third quarter, Bertelsmann’s sales were approximately €4.4 billion ($4.66 billion at current exchange rates), compared to €4.9 billion last year. They say top titles in the quarter for Penguin Random House were Nicholas Sparks’ Counting Miracles (published in Germany and referred to in the release as Our Time of Wonder) and Yuval Noah Harari’s Nexus. For the year-to-date, the company’s sales were down 8.4 percent to €13.4 billion ($14.2 billion), still attributed to the sale of Majorel. Organic growth for the year stands at […]
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New Books Publishing November 12
This week’s fiction releases include novels by Richard Price and David Baldacci, while nonfiction includes work from Katherine Rundell, Rob Sheffield, and David Graeber. Also publishing this week is Midnights With You by Clare Osongco, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Romance sampler. 32 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-12 15 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-12 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out November‘s 80 fiction releases, 39 works of nonfiction, and 20 […]
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Distribution: State University of New York Press
SUNY Press will be distributed by Hopkins Fulfillment Services starting February 1.