S&S Posts Q2 Profit Gain Despite Sales Decline
Lower production and distribution costs were enough to give Simon & Schuster a 9% increase in earnings in the second quarter, despite an 8% drop in sales. Digital revenue jumped 44% in the quarter. more...Sales at HMH Took Big Hit in Q2
A 38% plunge in sales in its education group in the second quarter of 2020 led to an overall decline of 35.5% in sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt compared to a year ago. Costs cuts limited the impact of the sales drop on the publisher's bottom line. more...Varno Elected President of NBCC
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Take a look ahead at some of the big titles for children and teens due out next year. more...
- Inside Story: How to Write by Martin Amis
- The Finisher: A Peter Diamond Investigation by Peter Lovesey
- Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir
- Common Goal by Rachel Reid
- Welcome to the New World by Jake Halpern, Michael Sloan
- The Essential Ruth Stone by Ruth Stone, Bianca Stone
- A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology by Toby Wilkinson
- The Home Edit Life: The No-Guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing Everything by Clea Shearer, Joanna Teplin
- After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging by Willie James Jennings
- Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
In 'The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias' (Simon & Schuster, Oct.), Fuller discusses how business leaders who work past their own biases can foster more diverse company cultures. more...
The controversial opinion piece argued that libraries are "a net harm" to literature. more...
Our editors pick the seasons hot titles for readers of all ages.
A century after the publication of Agatha Christie’s first mystery, 'PW' looks at her life and legacy. more...
The winner of the BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest is a collaborative project as unique as its subjects—and contributors more...
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With double-digit increases in all but one category, unit sales of print books rose 20.2% in the week ended July 25, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. more...
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Pages by Lydia King
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4TH Grade Graduation by Donte' R Christopher
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DUST YOURSELF OFF by Donna Gullikson
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CrocoBoy and the Ducklings by Aanya Savi and Vineeta Sri
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Life: part-time by Robert M Gerson
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Spider's Web by Shannon Condon
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Fatherless by Josh Conley
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Banished: Blood Dipped Wings by L.M. Feldt
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Not Alone by Frederic Martin
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Ma Bayly of Newfoundland by Mary Bayly
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4giveness by Margaret Godsman
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You Can Never Tell by Philip Zeid
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Death at the Edge of the Diamond by Paul H. Raymer
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Memory Lost by Eric S. Hubbard
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Dead Ball: A Novel of Murder and Passion by GP Hutchinson
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The Bandit Kings of Nowhere Park by Jonas Samuelle
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Survival in Paradise: A Refugee Life in Curacao by Manfred Wolf
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The Art Dealer's Wife by Joe Hilley
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- Publishing Business Manager - National Wildlife Federation - RESTON, VA
- Publicist - Smith Publicity, Inc. - Remote, NA
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