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Constable & Robinson has reported a 14% year-on-year rise in sales to £3.7m for the six months to 31st July, with profits up 33.2% to £0.5m during the same period.
Chairman Nick Robinson said he was "very pleased" with the performance, which came after a record year of growth in sales (24%) and profit (41%) in 2009, and "in a tough trading environment". C&R launched its new fiction imprint Corsair in the spring, and Robinson singled out novels I Kill by Giorgio Faletti and The Privileges by Jonathan Dee as "notable successes".
He added that the company had plans to build on its growth through the remainder of this year and into 2011, saying: "As ever, at the core of our success are our authors and we continue to encourage our editors to attract varied, commercially vital and unique titles to their lists."
C&R also entered into a new sales representation agreement for Europe with Walker Books last September.