Happy Holidays from C-M Books
C-M Books would like to extend our best wishes and warmest thoughts for a wonderful holiday season and a very happy New Year!
Happy Thanksgiving 2018 from Cushing-Malloy
What are you thankful for this year? C-M Books is thankful this and every year for books! Here are 15 reasons you might agree.
32 Books Anyone Who Wants to Succeed Should Read
If reading is something you’re willing to do to sharpen yourself, check out these highly recommended titles. The most successful people typically work hard, practice the right habits every day, and often are readers who strive for self-improvement. If reading is something you’re willing to do to sharpen yourself, take some suggestions from more than two dozen executives who highly recommend…
Here Are The 2018 National Book Award Longlists, Featuring A Fresh Category
Every year the National Book Foundation features a few fresh faces or unfamiliar names among the nominees for its annual literary prize. This time around, though, there’s a twist.
Is Social Media Influencing Book Cover Design?
To paraphrase John Waters: “We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t sleep with them.” It’s a funny sentiment, but one he may feel has finally been achieved, as books – and their covers – have become something of an accessory.
Book Publisher Revenue Estimated at More Than $26 Billion in 2017
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) issued its 2018 StatShot Annual Report which found, among other things, that the US book publishing industry generated an estimated $26.23 billion in net revenue for 2017, representing 2.72 billion units.
Print Unit Sales Rose 2% in First Half of 2018
With unit sales of print books rising 4% in the adult nonfiction segment—the industry’s largest major category—total unit sales for the first half of 2018 increased 2% over the comparable period in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
2017-2018 Pia Dynamic Ratios Show Printing Industry Profits Increased Last Year
The 2017 Printing Industries of America Dynamic Ratios survey results are in and the findings indicate a modest rise in printing industry profitability. On average, the typical printing firm’s profit as a percent of sales increased from 2.66 percent the previous year to 2.92 percent.
Business is Booming | Competing Printing Company with Same Name Closes
Cushing-Malloy (C-M Books) has already seen a boost in business since Edwards Brothers Malloy announced it will close its doors. We’ve experienced 70 years of great success and the future looks even brighter for our small family-owned and operated business.
Soft Fiction Sales Continue Into June
Publishers Weekly reports, for the third week in a row, it was softness in the fiction categories that led to the decline. Unit sales dropped 5% in both the adult and juvenile fiction categories compared to the week ended June 4, 2017.