Bloomsbury boasts record first-half profits after fantasy fiction boom
by Kalyeena Makortoff from World news | The Guardian on (#6FWAC)
Publisher to double shareholder payout as demand grows for books by Sarah J Maas and Samantha Shannon
The book publisher Bloomsbury has hit record profits in the first half of the year thanks in part to a boom in fantasy fiction driven by the American author Sarah J Maas, British novelist Samantha Shannon and the continuing popularity of Harry Potter.
The London-based publishing house said profits rose 11% to 17.7m in the six months to August, compared with a year earlier, prompting the company to announce it would more than double its half-year payout for shareholders.
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