Sales at HarperCollins fell in the fiscal year ended June. Parent company News Corp. said in its 10-k filing that HC had “lower book sales due to fewer new releases and lower licensing fees resulting from a settlement received at HarperCollins in fiscal 2010.” No word on the house’s profit performance. Last week, HC said it had exceeded its plan in fiscal 2011 led in the U.S. by a good performance in its children’s division.
According to the 10-K, HC had 166 New York Times bestsellers in fiscal 2011 compared to 164 in the prior year, although the number of #1 books fell to 18 from 19.
