Courier Reports Sales Up, Earnings Down Due to Plant Closure

While the situation at Borders affected all three publishing businesses, the shutdown of more than 200 Borders stores posed a special challenge for REA, for which Borders is the largest sales channel. Despite this challenge, REA was profitable in the quarter, helped by sales of its growing line of AP Crash Course books. Meanwhile, other channels were more productive for both Dover and Creative Homeowner, with Dover’s consumer marketing driving greater sales through online retailers and Creative Homeowner benefiting from increased sales at home improvement centers.