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    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Fashion
      Bloomsbury, grief and learning to make my own clothes

      Sewing helped Charlie Porter transform his wardrobe and mourn the loss of his parents

    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      Lex PopuliPersonal Finance
      Bloomsbury: survival of publishers points to AI prophecy overkill

      Printed books continue to dominate sales over digital formats

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    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Bloomsbury sales hit record as readers opt for affordable entertainment

      Paperback purchases rise as cost-conscious people end subscription services such as Netflix, says publisher

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    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Bloomsbury raises profit forecasts as readers escape ‘too much reality’

      Publisher says demand for fantasy novels rising amid cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine

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    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
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      Bloomsbury: ‘new adult’ readers will help sustain revival in book trade Premium content

      UK publisher reveals record annual sales and profits

      One of the first ever copies of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling, is held by a staff member at Bonhams auctioneers
    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Bloomsbury bets reading revival will survive cost of living crisis

      Harry Potter publisher reports record annual sales and profits

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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
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      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

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    • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
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      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

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    • 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
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      Investors Chronicle: Bloomsbury, BP, HSBC

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    • 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
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      Bloomsbury warns of risk from fall in foreign university students

      Publisher enjoys summer lockdown boost but says tougher times loom

    • Wednesday, 20 May, 2020
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      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

      The company behind the ‘Harry Potter’ series said the drop-off in demand had been severe in the UK while there had been ‘no sales at all’ in India
    • Wednesday, 18 July, 2018
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      Bloomsbury books rise in revenues
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2017
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      Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury posts 15% sales increase
    • Monday, 26 June, 2017
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      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

      Sir Richard Lambert, speaking at a Respublica event held at the FT this afternoon.
    • Friday, 16 June, 2017
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      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

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