Book Publishers
Industry Description
The US book publishing industry consists of about 2,700 companies with combined annual revenue of about $25 billion. Major companies include John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, and Scholastic, as well as publishing units of large media companies such as HarperCollins (owned by News Corp); Random House (owned by Bertelsmann); and Simon & Schuster (owned by CBS). The industry is highly concentrated: the top 50 companies generate about 80 percent of revenue.
SIC: 2731
NAICS: 511130
NAICS: 511130
Related Industries:
Commercial Printing, Paper & Paper Products Manufacturing, Newspaper Publishers, Magazine Publishers, Bookstores, Printing Machinery & Equipment Manufacturing , Pulp & Paper MillsTo get access to the full industry record, register now.
Top 5 Companies
| Company | Sales | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thomson Company Inc, The | 5,392.30M | Toronto, ON |
| Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH | 2,988.59M | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Grandis ZAO | 2,943.02M | Moscow, Russia |
| MACMILLAN DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PROPRIETARY LIMITED | 2,627.13M | Derrimut, Vic |
| THOMSON LEGAL & REGULATORY INC. | 2,044.70M | Saint Paul, MN |
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More Titles - Although the overall volume of books sold has been...
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The spot price of crude oil, which indicates energy and ink prices paid by book publishing operations, fell 2.9 percent in the week ending May 11, 2012, compared to the same week in 2011.
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Bookstore Sales Decline - Sales at retail bookstores, an indicator of demand for book publishers, fell 0.8 percent in 2011, their slowest rate of decline since peaking in 2007.
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