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Book Publishing
News Corporation’s HarperCollins is a leading book
publisher around the world, and its titles continued
to fill bookstores and bestseller lists in fiscal 2002.
HarperCollins achieved its fifth consecutive year
of record profits across all its divisions in the U.S.,
the U.K., Canada and Australia/New Zealand
as well as an unprecedented number of American
bestsellers. With revenues exceeding US$1 billion,
HarperCollins continued to set the highest opera-
tional standards in the book publishing industry.
During the past fiscal year the company further
diversified its operations with the U.S. launch of
Fourth Estate, the distinguished HarperCollins UK
imprint, and the debut of Rayo, a groundbreaking
bilingual imprint dedicated to Latino authors.
Zondervan, HarperCollins’ Evangelical Christian
division, published the top five best-selling Bibles
for calendar year 2001.
A powerhouse of award-winning authors and
editors, vibrant international operations and expert
management, HarperCollins is a favorite of book
lovers across the globe.
■In fiscal 2002, HarperCollins claimed the third-largest
worldwide market share of all English-language publishers
■HarperCollins placed a record 106 titles on
the New York Times bestseller list, including
nine number-one titles, as well as 46 titles on the Sunday
Times list in the U.K.
■Titles in Lemony Snicket’s phenomenally popular
Series of Unfortunate Events spent a collective 219 weeks
on the New York Times bestseller lists
■ Zondervan’s NIV Study Bible was the number one
best-selling Bible in the Christian Book Association
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