Bloomsbury Publishing Share Discussion Threads

[elmfield] 14/5/2014 16:25

Further on,
If he can move a stock so much maybe something in what
he says? I say the stock only moves if it has been overlooked.

[elmfield] 14/5/2014 16:09

I hold none of his stocks and this is just one I hapen to like as it seems he does.
I am not complaining!

[dan_the_epic] 14/5/2014 15:13

SIMON THOMPSON PUMPING his stocks again. WHENEVER A STOCK falls below his BUY PRICE, he goes and PUMPS IT AGAIN.

NBU, BMY, PUR, CAMK. THey are ENDLESS. HE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO RETIP HIS 2014 TIPS. IF HE DIDNT, HE WOULD BE MADE TO LOOK LIKE THE VERY AVERAGE TIPSTER HE IS

PATHETIC.

[elmfield] 14/5/2014 13:08

A one off, I assure you!

[shauney2] 14/5/2014 12:41

Good timing elmfield.
I was hoping to add around the 150p mark if next weeks results were positive.Looks like they are getting away now after the ST tip.

[elmfield] 14/5/2014 12:12

Anyone else joined me?

[elmfield] 13/5/2014 15:42

Thx,
Guessed so. Saw the increase in trade and jumped back in.
Good yield,can hold for long term, ticks all required
boxes for isa, IMv.

[18bt] 13/5/2014 15:40

Yes Simon Thompson rec

[elmfield] 13/5/2014 15:27

.
Has our friend in IC had his pen out again?

[elmfield] 13/5/2014 13:37

Topppped up core holding,

[shauney2] 06/5/2014 16:50

Who knows.Chart breaking down? Among the stops getting hit there are a few biggish buys.

Maybe BMY could be seen as a target for Amazon.

I think the strength of Bloomsbury now is their diversity.Their last interims saw big growth in the academic and professional division.43% of profits.

This is what they said about the acquisition of Hart,

"The acquisition is consistent with Bloomsbury's strategy to increase its proportion of academic and professional revenues to 50% of total sales in five years' time. These revenues are more predictable and have lower related costs of sale with higher margins and are much less reliant on retail bookshop sales. Around 50% of Hart's revenue is generated outside the UK, thereby increasing Bloomsbury's benefit from the global book market. The acquisition will also enable the Group to further develop its e-book publishing and expand Bloomsbury Professional's digital services"

Drama Online growing along with Bloomsbury India.

Amazon with kindle are a law to themselves.This is what they did after taking out digital comic book publisher ComiXology.



According to Mr. Conway, Amazon wanted "to advance their proprietary hardware platform, the Kindle, at the expense of Apple's platform, the iPad and iPhone".

[elmfield] 06/5/2014 13:41

What's going on?
Holding a few, don't like the sudden weakness.

[paulypilot] 06/5/2014 12:56

Hi,

Anyone know what's driving the fall here?
This stock has been on my watchlist as a possible buy for a while now, but must admit I got cold feet after seeing a recent TV programme about how Amazon are beginning to dominate not only the sale of books, but also the publishing of them. Makes you wonder whether companies like Bloomsbury will be squeezed out in the long run? Any views on that specific point?

Regards, Paul.

[shauney2] 02/5/2014 13:30

I would have liked to have seen a trading update before then but not surprised or worried about the recent dip.

They have net cash.Forward PER of 12,yield of 3.5%.If the critical autumn and Christmas selling season is anywhere near good in the results on Tuesday the 20th I will be looking to add.

[jbarcroftr] 30/4/2014 09:31

After a plosives update in January these seem to be drifting - hopefully results end of May will put some life into them

[tara7] 02/4/2014 09:30

Macmillan Distribution to launch new subscription business on Publishing Technology's advance platform
in Digital - April 1, 2014


Macmillan Distribution (MDL), the award-winning international book distributor, is launching a new subscriptions platform to be delivered via Publishing Technology's advance enterprise system.

MDL will implement the digitally-native Order to Cash module of advance, to expand into the journals fulfilment market, offering publishers an increasing number of subscription-based models for both digital and physical content and providing readers with a seamless user experience at the point of purchase.

With its robust sales, marketing and ecommerce capabilities for serial content, advance Order to Cash will enable MDL's clients to respond swiftly to market demands, customise products and experiment with new business models, driven by comprehensive data analysis and reporting.

MDL can confirm that Hart Publishing, now part of Bloomsbury Academic, will be the first of its clients to take advantage of the new service, and expects to announce more clients over the coming months.

Matthew Hogg, Commercial Director, Macmillan Distribution (MDL) commented: "A rapidly developing digital supply chain requires a flexible solution to fully manage products, revenues and reporting. In choosing Publishing Technology's impressive advance system, we will not only have the tools to roll out our new subscriptions service, but opportunities for other new business developments in the future. Critically, that investment to future-proof our business also extends new opportunities to our clients."

Jane Tappuni, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Publishing Technology, said: "That a major distributor like MDL is investing in new technology to support its own business as well as those of its many publisher partners is a significant step forward for everyone. Because the advance system is built for the digital age, it offers a powerful set of tools to manage, package, sell and distribute content in exciting and innovative new ways that until now have been too challenging to administer. We look forward to working closely with MDL on the installation of the system, and then building on that foundation as the company expands its business and services further still in the future."

[shauney2] 24/3/2014 16:43

Thanks sandmarr.

BMY included in the Telegraph 15k ISA portfolio.

[sandmarr] 24/3/2014 12:09

Trading statement due on 27th March according to Sharescope.

[poppyjade] 20/3/2014 13:39

i concur, a update would be helpful.
Personally i believe it would be a positive update, following on from the good 'Interim Management Statement' we had in January.
we also had that large spike on the 10th march, which breached the 180p mark, maybe had something to do with a possible upcoming RNS.
Lets wait and see.

[shauney2] 20/3/2014 12:59

Would be good to get an update.Can see this drifting otherwise.

Good news that they are doing a new childrens edition of Harry Potter from September.

[poppyjade] 20/3/2014 11:06

Possible trading update today or tomorrow?
Last years update 21/03/2013..

[poacher45] 07/2/2014 17:20

Although I agree with Simon Thompson's article I think he should have also highlighted the first year of turnover from Drama on line and Churchill on line. Revenues and profits are growing year on year especially with the help of good yearly takeovers of private firms. The cash for these takeovers being generated by previous years profits. Also as a pecentage of turnover costs are going down every year. A really well run and expanding company.

[shauney2] 07/2/2014 08:43

Apparently tipped by Simon Thompson in his 2014 bargain shares.

[elmfield] 16/1/2014 11:08

IC will probably reiterate buy,
Hope so even though I hold less than I did.

[poacher45] 16/1/2014 10:53

Bloomsbury announces today an increase of 20% in sales and we know they have been reducing costs year on year looks really good to me 200p here we come.