Harlequin Australia launches digital-first imprint
Romance publisher Harlequin Australia has launched its first digital-first imprint, Harlequin Escape. The imprint will have its own website, where would-be authors will be encouraged to submit their work. Managing...
Harlequin reports sales, earnings decrease for 2011; digital revenues account for 15.5% of global sales
Harlequin has attributed declines in its revenue and earnings in 2011 to lower print sales in overseas markets. In its latest financial results, released by Canadian parent company Torstar at...
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New Collins store for SA Collins Booksellers has announced that a new Collins bookstore will open in the Adelaide suburb of Kilkenny this month. The store will be located in...
Harlequin records revenue drop in 2010; Oz, NZ markets record ‘record growth’
International publishing house Harlequin has recorded a five percent decline in revenue for the 2010 financial year, with sales for the year's fourth quarter down two percent from 2009 figures. The Australian...
Australian publishers move on ebooks
We now have two more major players in the ebook arena with the local launches of Apple's iPad and iBookstore and REDgroup Retail's Kobo ereading platform and ereader. Though its...
Scribe launches e-list, Harlequin, New Holland, Fremantle build ebook offering
Scribe Publishing has announced the launch of its ebooks list. The publisher has launched its list with new-release titles I Say Tomato (Katie Wall), The Authenticity Hoax (Andrew Potter) and...
Harlequin to move distribution to HEDS in 2010; Reader’s Digest moves to S&S
Harlequin Enterprises has announced that its distribution will move from TL Distribution to Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) from March next year. 'From 1 March 2010, HEDS will commence distribution...
New look planned for Mills & Boon titles
The Mills & Boon romance brand will get a new look as part of plans to attract a younger audience. Marketing agency BMC Sydney will assist the imprint's owner Harlequin...
Harlequin to launch YA line
Harlequin has announced it is releasing a new YA fiction line. Michelle Laforest managing director of Harlequin Enterprises Australia told WBN ‘Maria V Snyder's Poison Study will be released in...
‘Stand-out year’ for Harlequin
Despites losses suffered by parent company Torstar, Harlequin has recorded a strong fourth quarter worldwide, with sales of C$126 million (AU$154 million) up over 18 percent from a year ago,...
Revenue down but income up at Harlequin
Total international revenue at Harlequin fell 2% to C$462.7 million (A$498.5 million) in 2007, while operating income rose 7% to C$60.6 million (A$65.3 million). Torstar, the romance publisher's Canadian parent...
A ‘challenging year’ for Harlequin parent Torstar
Canada-based media group Torstar, owner of romance publisher Harlequin/Mills & Boon, has described 2006 as a ‘challenging' year in announcing its annual results. Net income for the year was down CAN$ 39.7 million...