S&S: 3% decline overall, but second-best sales year locally

Wednesday, 22 April 2009 Books+Publishing

Simon & Schuster reported a sales decline of 3% in 2008, to US$857.7 million (AU$1216 million), according to Publisher's Weekly, though fourth-quarter revenues were slightly up (from US$242.3 million [AU$343.5 million] to US$245.1 million [AU$347.4 million]). The decline is in part due to not matching 2007's book sales, which included...