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The past few weeks have seen a resurgence of sorts in the fortunes of some of publishing's biggest players. Here is a summary: Pearson...

It's Friday which means another regurgitation from several years back. This one originally published on January 13, 2007: Nancy Drew ha...

Several publishers reported earnings this week. Simon & Schuster ( CBS ) Publishing revenues for the third quarter of 2009 increased...

From Torstar's Quarterly report and reporting on the performance of Harlequin: Book Publishing revenues were up $9.6 million in 2008 exc...

I think I'm going to be ill. ( Time ) Holly, a virgin and a waitress, was recently dumped by her fiancé, and the subsequent turmoil has...

Mills and Boon, the UK romance publisher owned by Harlequin have contracted with an ad agency to revamp their book covers as part of a schem...

Robert Prichard, Torstar’s President and Chief Executive Officer called out the performance of Harlequin in an otherwise bleak performance f...

There is a dearth of valuable primary research in publishing and Harlequin has decided to take matters into their own hand by creating a rea...

Torstar the owner of Harlequin published their first quarter results this morning showing Harlequin revenues fell $15mm versus the prior per...

Harlequin revenues were flat for the full year 2007 versus 2006. Revenues of $462mm versus $471mm in the prior period were negatively impact...

The BBC takes up the story of Mills & Boon (Harlequin) entering the Indian market which I noted a few weeks ago. Link Although Mills and...

Reaction to the news that Mills & Boone are entering the Indian marketplace with a direct publishing operation could elicit a 'Duh!...

The revival at Harlequin continues as the company posted slightly improved underlying revenue growth and improved operating margins versus t...

At Harlequin there is good news on multiple fronts as Harlequin’s financial performance improves and their e-publishing initiatives are show...

Perhaps time to clear off some space on your MP3 player as Harlequin announced this week that all their titles will now be available for dow...

The McClatchy’s, the Chandler’s, the Bancroft’s: Is the family that owns Canada’s largest newspaper by circulation The Toronto Star the next...

Torstar the owner of Harlequin reported marginally higher revenues against the same period last year for the Harlequin operating unit. They...

Gather.com is looking to find the great american romance novelist (my words). The company has teamed with Pocket Books (Simon & Schuste...

As mentioned London Bookfair is next week and posts will be sporadic. Deal News: Wicks buys Thomson Education Direct (Distant Learning) Time...

If you happen to be in Toronto this weekend and you are male you may want to try out for the open 'casting call' to be a cover mode...