- HarperCollins Q1 revenue in 2018 vs 2017: +6.4%
- HarperCollins Q1 backlist sales in 2018 vs 2017: +6 percentage points
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Q1 revenue in 2018 vs 2017: +0.5%
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Q1 change in profits in 2018 vs 2017: -4.9%
- Hachette Book Group Q1 revenue in 2018 vs 2017: +5.4%
- Hachette Book Group Q1 ebook revenue in 2018 vs 2017: -0.9 percentage points
- Simon & Schuster Q1 revenue in 2018 vs 2017: -0.6%
- Simon & Schuster Q1 audiobook revenue in 2018 vs 2017: +43%
Source: For Publishers, 2018 Is Off to a Decent Start
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
