“Our publishing segment had another challenging quarter,” said Conway. “At the same time, the uptick in sales at Dover provides further support to our belief that consumers have finally begun to move on from the loss of Borders and seek out fresh content from other retailers, particularly online.
“Equally important, we are poised to reap the benefit of several exciting new product initiatives. This spring marks the AP test season debut of REA’s new All-Access program, which offers students a comprehensive combination of academic content and diagnostic tools for use anytime, anywhere. With the launch of DoverPictura.com, consumers everywhere will soon be able to obtain hundreds of thousands of unique historic and contemporary images in convenient digital form. And while they’re online, they can also obtain more than 3,000 Dover, REA and Creative Homeowner titles in e-book form through an expanded array of sales channels including Amazon, Apple and Google.”