HMH Trade Forms Audiobook Unit - Publishers Weekly

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the Publishers Weekly site. There he discovered a post about HMH's new audiobook unit.

I guess I better look into audio books.

According to Jim Milliot, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) plans to launch an audiobook unit this fall. The new division will be called HMH Audio. Plans are for 75 audio books yearly.

Panzer says, "Everybody is jumping into the audio book marketplace."

Note: This is a short-short-medium (that's not a typo; it really is a short-short-medium) post. Bring a cup of tea and half a muffin for today's reading selection.

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HMH Trade Sales Down 15% in Q2 - Publishers Weekly

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the Publishers Weekly site. With a little digging in the pile of posts there he discovered one about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH).

Don't sugar-coat it. Just tell the truth.

According to Jim Milliot, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) reported the company's 2018 second quarter trade sales were down 15 percent compared to the same time period in 2017. The company attributed the downturn to lower backlist, ebook and frontlist sales.

Panzer says,  "Hmm ... Lower backlist, ebook and frontlist sales? ... Why don't they just say all our sales were down?"

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and half a muffin for today's reading selection.

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HMH Debuts Kids' Digital Subscription Service - Publishers' Weekly

Halloween is coming!

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere today when he heard giggling and laughing coming from the Publishers' Weekly site. Hurrying over there, our big bad kitty boy discovered a post about publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's newest endeavor.

According to Calvin Reid's post, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is starting a new children's subscription service with ebooks, videos and games. HMH's service will be available for younger children in the 3 years old to 7 years old age bracket. At $9.99 per month the service will be expensive when compared to the other children's subscription services which range in the $3.99 to $4.99 bracket.

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