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Canada's largest publisher?
In late 1975, Toronto Star Ltd. acquired a 52.5 percent interest in
Harlequin and in 1981 acquired the balance of the shares. [3] [4].
In total, Harlequin has offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Milan,
Sydney, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Athens,
Budapest, Granges-Pacot and Warsaw, as well as licensing agreements in
nine other countries.
The company is considered one of the most profitable in publishing.
Over $585 million worth of books sold in 2003, for gross profits of
$124 million and a profit margin of 21%. Its large profit margin can
be tied in part to the amount of advance that its authors receive.
These advances are often smaller than the industry average, and can
total to only a few thousand dollars for a series romance.[1]
Harlequin Enterprises Limited is a Toronto, Ontario-based company that
is a publisher of series romance and women's fiction. Owned by the
Torstar Corporation, the largest newspaper publisher in Canada, the
company publishes approximately 120 new titles each month in 29
different languages in 107 international markets on six continents.
These books are written by over 1,300 authors worldwide, offering
readers a broad range of fiction including romance, psychological
thrillers and relationship novels. The company reported sales of 131
million books in 2006--half overseas and 96% outside of Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Harlequin continues to explore high-growth publishing niches and
innovative new formats. Harlequin has entered the e-book market
through distribution agreements with e-retailers in North America, and
many of harlequin's overseas markets. Harlequin has the largest
offering of romance e-books in the digital publishing market.
Harlequin’s Japanese operationhas an agreement with Softbank Creative
Corp., a large provider of cell phone services in Japan, to distribute
digital manga (comic) content, based on Harlequin’s novels, on cell
phones and Internet distribution sites world-wide.
Harlequin authors collectively enjoyed a record high 257 weeks on the
New York Times Best Seller Lists in 2010, up 10% over 2009.
Today's Bestsellers
The Rawhide Man by Diana Palmer
A Night of Living Dangerously by Jennie Lucas
Spy Hard by Dana Marton
Long Road Home by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Fortune's Perfect Match by Allison Leigh
[These books retail on their website for 7.99$ each.. The E-Books are
6.99$ each.. MM]
http://www.torstar.com/html/
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