18.76 billion: Worldwide sales for Bertelsmann, in euros ($24.4 billion), in 2007

19.30 billion: Worldwide sales for Bertelsmann, in euros, in 2006

1.84 billion: Worldwide sales for Random House, in euros ($2.39 billion), in 2007

1.95 billion: Worldwide sales for Random House, in euros, in 2006

173 million: Random House earnings before interest & taxes, in euros ($225 million), in 2007

182 million: Random House earnings before interest & taxes, in euros, in 2006

5,764: Number of worldwide Random House employees, Dec. 31, 2007

5,804: Number of worldwide Random House employees, Dec. 31, 2006

318,702: Sales per Random House employee, in euros, in 2007

335,458: Sales per Random House employee, in euros, in 2006

23,000: Number of Random House North America titles fully digitized

10,000: Number of Random House North America titles in Random’s Insight search-and-browse feature

500 million: Books sold by Random annually worldwide