SIC 2731 | NAICS 511130
Comprehensive research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year growth forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Topics addressed in the reports include:
Weekly trade journal provides news and information for industry professionals, with topics covered in each issue of the publication including publisher news, business deals, financial reporting, marketing, licensing, product reviews, bestsellers, author profiles, and shows and events. Selected articles from current and archived issues of the magazine are categorized by topic and can be viewed free online.
Bimonthly publication provides news and information for independent publishers, with topics covered in its issues including business management, design, editorial, writing, printing, production, financing, legal, marketing, publicity, promotion, distribution, and sales channels. Selected articles are available free online in the archive section approximately two to three months after their issue publication date.
Monthly and annual reports provide a detailed statistical analysis of the U.S. publishing industry, with data provided including overall revenue, category and subcategory trends, performance and channel trends, and average net unit prices based on subcategory and format and market segments covered including trade, professional and scholarly, higher education, and pre-k, elementary, and high school.
Freedonia Focus research report analyzes the U.S. market for books at the publisher level, with data
provided including historical and forecast revenue by type of
media (e.g., print, e-book, other media)
and market (e.g., trade, textbook,
professional/technical/scholarly, children's, general reference) and vendors profiled including Pearson
Plc., Bertelsmann Publishing Group, and Thomson Reuters Corp.
Comprehensive research report provides an in-depth analysis of the market for this product sector in the U.S. and other countries, with data provided including market size and forecasts by product type (e.g., trade, professional/academic, fiction, children, education) and firms profiled including Amazon, Penguin Random House, Holtzbrinck GmbH, Hachette Book Group, and Phoenix Publishing House.
Market research report provides an in-depth analysis of the market for this product sector on a global and regional basis, with information provided for the U.S. including market size and forecast by type (e.g., consumer, educational, religious, other) and major companies profiled including Hachette Livre SA, Pearson Plc, Bertelsmann Publishing Group, and China South Publishing & Media Group (CNS).
Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level including:
Comprehensive survey provides financial and operating performance
data for ECPA publishers, with comparative financial statistics broken down
by participants overall, sales related to books, company
sales volume, corporate structure (for-profits vs. non-profits), and level of profitability (typical
vs. high profit). Report is only available for purchase by ECPA member publishers who completed the
survey.
Annual salary survey provides median compensation data for various departments and job positions, with survey data broken out by gender, race, years of service, company size, geographic region, and other selected criteria. Summary results from the survey are published in the November issue of PW Magazine and can be viewed free online; contact customer service to purchase the complete survey.
Salary and benefits report provides compensation data for personnel employed by ECPA publishers, with comparative salary and benefits information broken down by participants overall, company sales volume, business structure (for-profits vs. non-profits), and level of profitability (typical vs. high profit). Report is only available for purchase by ECPA member publishers who completed the salary survey.
Interactive database provides detailed transaction data for over 38,000 private and public companies sold for prices ranging from under $250,000 to over $500,000,000, with valuation measures provided including market value of invested capital as a multiple of revenue, gross profit, EBIT, EBITDA, SDE, and book value of invested capital. User guide, free webinar, and sample reports are available online.