Global 50 The World Ranking of the Publishing Industry 2020 The Ranking of the International Publishing Industry 2020 Rüdiger Wischenbart, with Michaela Anna Fleischhacker Research: Ruediger Wischenbart Content and Consulting © 2020 Livres Hebdo + Ruediger Wischenbart Content and Consulting 2020. All Rights Reserved www.wischenbart.com This book was created with Booktype. For more information, please visit: www.booktype.pro Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 6 About the "Global 50" Ranking: The approach and methodology ........................................................... 7 A global long-term perspective on publishing in key sectors indicators: Key findings of the Global 50 Ranking 2020 ....................................................................................................................................... 10 First insights on the Covid-19 fallout and its impact on selected publishing groups ............................. 20 Worlds biggest Publishing Companies.................................................................................................. 24 Profiles..................................................................................................................................................... 28 Albin Michel ......................................................................................................................................... 29 Bertelsmann ........................................................................................................................................ 31 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc................................................................................................................... 39 Bonnier ................................................................................................................................................ 44 Bungei Shunjū Ltd. ............................................................................................................................... 49 Cambridge University Press ................................................................................................................. 51 Cengage Learning Holdings II LP .......................................................................................................... 54 China Publishing Group Corporation (CPG) .......................................................................................... 59 China South Publishing & Media Group Co., Ltd................................................................................... 63 Cornelsen............................................................................................................................................. 69 C.H.Beck............................................................................................................................................... 72 Editis-Vivendi ....................................................................................................................................... 75 Egmont ................................................................................................................................................ 79 EKSMO–AST.......................................................................................................................................... 83 FTD Editora .......................................................................................................................................... 86 Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd...................................................................................................................... 88 Hachette Livre ...................................................................................................................................... 91 HarperCollins ....................................................................................................................................... 97 Haufe Group ...................................................................................................................................... 102 Holtzbrinck Publishing Group............................................................................................................. 105 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ................................................................................................................. 110 Informa.............................................................................................................................................. 114 Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd................................................................................................. 118 Kabushiki-gaisha Kōdansha (Kodansha Limited)................................................................................. 122 Klett ................................................................................................................................................... 126 Kyowon Co., Ltd. ................................................................................................................................ 129 Les Editions Lefebvre-Sarrut............................................................................................................... 133 Madrigall / Groupe Gallimard / Flammarion....................................................................................... 136 McGraw-Hill Education....................................................................................................................... 140 Média Participations .......................................................................................................................... 144 Messagerie Italiane and Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol (GeMS)..................................................... 147 Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A....................................................................................................... 151 Oxford University Press...................................................................................................................... 156 Pearson Plc ........................................................................................................................................ 160 Phoenix Publishing and Media Group ................................................................................................ 165 Grupo Planeta.................................................................................................................................... 168 Prosveshcheniye ................................................................................................................................ 172 RELX Group ........................................................................................................................................ 179 Sanoma.............................................................................................................................................. 184 Santillana ........................................................................................................................................... 188 Scholastic ........................................................................................................................................... 192 Shinchosha Publishing Co Ltd ............................................................................................................ 197 Shogakukan Inc.................................................................................................................................. 199 Shueisha Publishing Co., Ltd. ............................................................................................................. 202 Simon & Schuster............................................................................................................................... 205 Somos Educação S.A. ......................................................................................................................... 210 Springer Nature ................................................................................................................................. 215 Thieme............................................................................................................................................... 219 Thomson Reuters............................................................................................................................... 221 WEKA ................................................................................................................................................. 226 Westermann Gruppe.......................................................................................................................... 229 John Wiley & Sons .............................................................................................................................. 232 Wolters Kluwer................................................................................................................................... 236 Woongjin ThinkBig ............................................................................................................................. 240 Annex..................................................................................................................................................... 244 Abbreviations used in this report ......................................................................................................