·    College publishing is estimated to grow  to $3.4 billion in 2002, an increase of 5.8% over 2001.  Growth in 2001 compared to 2000 was 5.4%.

·    In 1996, there were 10 leading publishers with
total sales of $1.8 billion.

·     In 2000, there were nine top college textbook publishers.

·    In July, 2001, Thomson acquired Harcourt.

·    In May, 2002, net sales for college publishers grew 23%, from $44 million to $54 million.

·    Currently, the top eight textbook publishers are Pearson Education, Thomson, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, John Wily & Sons, Bedford, Freeman and Worth, W.W. Norton and Jones and Bartlett.

·    The top eight publishers control 78% of the college market, with sales in 2001 of $2.5 billion.

·    John Wiley and Sons rose 6% to $141.3 million at their fiscal year end in April 2002. This increase resulted from  Wiley’s acquisition of 47 titles from Thomson Learning.

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