Book Publisher Earnings Roundup: Hachette, Random House

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Book Publisher Earnings Roundup: Hachette, Random House

Posted at 8:23PM Tuesday 13 Nov 2012

Hachette and Random House's parent companies Lagardère and Bertelsmann reported earnings Tuesday. At Hachette, ebooks made up 20 percent of adult trade book sales in both the U.S. and U.K. divisions.

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