Bloomsbury Publishing on track for full year

published 21 March 2013

Shares of publishing house Bloomsbury Publishing powered ahead as investors cheered confirmation that it expects full year results to be in line with expectations.

The London based group, which has seen a boom in electronic books, said post-Christmas digital sales and print returns were on budget. Bloomsbury said it has also reached its Rights and Services income budget for the year.

Key book titles for the year included Paul Hollywood's How to Bake, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Three Good Things and J.K. Rowling's Hogwarts Library.