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December 2025

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Up against tough comparatives from last year’s H1, when Sarah J Maas’ latest book was published, this was always expected to be a year of consolidation but Bloomsbury has now said the full year will be ahead of expectations.  Academic & Professional grew revenue 20% to £46.1m and operating profit almost doubled to £11m from £6m (with operating margins an impressive  24% from 16%), benefiting from the recently announced AI licensing agreement that demonstrates management’s ability to monetise the value of the content, even if underlying market conditions remain challenging given budget pressures in the US and UK.  The consumer publishing side was below last year with revenue of £113.4m (vs £141m in H1 25) and pretax prof ...

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