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Wednesday, 15 June, 2022

Lex
Bloomsbury: ‘new adult’ readers will help sustain revival in book trade Premium content
UK publisher reveals record annual sales and profits
Wednesday, 15 June, 2022

Bloomsbury bets reading revival will survive cost of living crisis
Harry Potter publisher reports record annual sales and profits
Wednesday, 30 March, 2022

Bloomsbury pushes up guidance for second time this year
UK publisher mitigates paper supply chain problems and receives boost from bestselling fantasy novel
Wednesday, 26 January, 2022

Bloomsbury lifts profit forecast as it moves beyond Harry Potter books
Publisher says its digital academic business is swiftly catching up with consumer revenue
Wednesday, 27 October, 2021

Bloomsbury boosted by surging orders as booksellers try to avoid shortages
Publishing group has switched printing of some titles from US to the UK to manage supply chain pressures
Wednesday, 2 June, 2021

LexMedia
Bloomsbury: Harry Potter publisher delivers more magic Premium content
Revenues of £185m and pre-tax profits of £19.2m in year to February both beat predictions
Wednesday, 2 June, 2021

Bloomsbury says reading revival is not over despite end of lockdowns
Publishing group raises profit guidance for third time this year
Wednesday, 2 June, 2021

City Bulletin
Bloomsbury raises earnings forecasts after annual results beat expectations Premium content
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Wednesday, 24 March, 2021

Bloomsbury raises profit guidance for second time this year
Lockdown readers snap up new novels as well as Harry Potter titles
Friday, 29 January, 2021

Lex
Bloomsbury/books: tome lords Premium content
Even without new tales about Harry Potter, the British publishing house is doing very nicely
Friday, 29 January, 2021

Bloomsbury raises guidance as reading boom boosts sales
Harry Potter publisher expects full-year revenue and profit to beat analysts’ estimates
Friday, 30 October, 2020

Investments
Investors Chronicle: Bloomsbury, BP, HSBC
Companies analysis from our sister publication
Tuesday, 27 October, 2020

Bloomsbury reports highest first-half profit since 2008
Shares in Harry Potter publisher jump as consumers stuck at home drive online book sales
Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Media
Bloomsbury warns of risk from fall in foreign university students
Publisher enjoys summer lockdown boost but says tougher times loom
Wednesday, 20 May, 2020

Media
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury warns on physical book sales
Publisher says in a worst-case scenario sales of physical books could drop 65 per cent if lockdowns persist
Wednesday, 18 July, 2018

UK companies
Bloomsbury books rise in revenues
Tuesday, 24 October, 2017

Media
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury posts 15% sales increase
Monday, 26 June, 2017

Life & Arts
How JK Rowling built a $25bn business
Harry Potter at 20: from word-of-mouth hit to cultural empire
Friday, 16 June, 2017

UK companies
Bloomsbury appoints Richard Lambert as new chairman
Harry Potter publisher brings in former CBI chief as it seeks digital opportunities
Friday, 16 June, 2017

Companies
Richard Lambert appointed Bloomsbury chairman
Former CBI head and FT editor joins the home of Harry Potter
Wednesday, 26 April, 2017

Books
Children’s authors pen a tale of record book sales
Industry weathers digital disruption as big names renew appeal of printed works
Thursday, 27 October, 2016

UK companies
Bloomsbury sets sights beyond Harry Potter
UK group targets shift into academic and professional publishing