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32 NEWS CORPORATION
•HarperCollins’ fiscal 2006 performance was driven by strong sales of The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis, as well as solid sales of Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner;
John Grogan’sMarley & Me; YOU: The Owner’s Manual by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz;
and A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book the 12th The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket.
•HarperCollins continued to lead the publishing industry in digital innovation. In April 2006,
the company announced NewsStand, Inc. as its exclusive vendor to develop a global digital
warehouse hosting digital content in multiple formats. The site will house 20,000 backlist titles
and is expected to grow by approximately 3,500 new titles each year.
Book Publishing
The Book Publishing segment principally consists of the operations of HarperCollins,
one of the world’s leading English-language book publishers. HarperCollins Publishers
achieved its ninth consecutive year of record profits, including its most profitable
quarter in company history. In all, HarperCollins had 109 books on the
New York Times
bestseller list, with 14 titles hitting number one.
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