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John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:JW.A)
Q1 2013 Earnings Call
September 10, 2012 10:00 am ET
Stephen M. Smith - Chief Executive officer, President and Director
Ellis E. Cousens - Chief Financial & Operations Officer and Executive Vice President
Daniel Moore - CJS Securities, Inc.
Andrew E. Crum - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., Research Division
Michael Corty - Morningstar Inc., Research Division
Ian Whittaker - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division
Welcome to the John Wiley & Sons Quarterly Earnings Conference Call. Before introducing Steve Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, I would like to remind you this call is being recorded and may include forward-looking statements. You should not rely on such statements, as actual results may differ materially and are subject to factors that are discussed in the detail in the company's 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC. The company does not undertake any obligations to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Mr. Smith, please go ahead.
Stephen M. Smith
Good morning. Thank you for participating in Wiley's Fiscal Year 2013 First Quarter Investor Conference Call. And with us are Ellis Cousens, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Operations Officer; and Brian Campbell, Director of Investor Relations. I'll take a few moments to provide an overview of Wiley's performance in the first quarter and we will then respond to your questions and comments. When we review Wiley's performance, we'll refer to financial variations, excluding the effect of foreign exchange unless otherwise noted.
In a difficult economy, Wiley posted a 2% revenue decline for the quarter, reflecting declines in our STMS and Global Education businesses, partially offset by an increase in P/T. On a U.S. GAAP basis, earnings per share fell 26% to $0.60. U.S. GAAP EPS includes deferred tax benefits of $0.14 per share for both fiscal years 2013 and 2012 and a 6% share restructuring charge in fiscal year 2013. Tax benefits were derived from 2 consecutive legislative reductions in the United Kingdom corporate income tax rates. The benefit had no current cash tax impact.
Adjusted EPS of $0.52 declined by $0.16, both including and excluding the effects of foreign exchange. Lower revenues and higher operating and administrative expenses offset the lower tax rate. Adjusted EPS excludes the deferred tax benefit and the restructuring charge. Shared services and administrative costs of $95 million were flat to prior year, including foreign exchange. Excluding a $500,000 restructuring charge and foreign exchange, shared service costs increased by 1%, driven mostly by higher technology costs to support investments in digital product and infrastructure, partially offset by lower distribution costs.
Free cash flow for the first quarter was the use of $106 million, that's $47 million greater than the prior year. A $30 million contested German income tax deposit was the main driver. As reported previously, tax authorities in Germany notified Wiley in May 2012 that they are challenging the company's tax position with respect to the amortization of the stepped up assets. Under German tax law, the company must deposit with the German government all contested taxes and their related interests and have the right to defend its position as challenged by the authorities. The company's management and its advisers believe that the tax treatment is valid and in accordance with German tax regulations and that it will be successful in court. The circumstances are not unique to the company.
First quarter free cash flow was also affected by lower cash earnings as a result of decline in revenues, acceleration of calendar year 2012 cash collections into fiscal year 2012 and higher capital spending on technology. And debt was $365 million at the end of the quarter compared to $353 million a year earlier. During the quarter, Wiley re-published -- repurchased 218,000 shares at a cost of $10.6 million. In June, Wiley increased its quarterly dividend by 20% to $0.24. It was the 19th consecutive annual increase.
Now, I'd like to provide some information regarding performance of Wiley's global businesses. You will note that the company now includes a report on segment performance after the allocation of certain direct shared service and administrative costs for the purposes of assessing performance and making resource allocation decisions. STMS revenue of $236 million for the quarter declined by $9 million or 4%. General subscription revenue declined by 2% from prior year, mainly due to publication timing. Rights, backfile and corporate sales revenue also declined in the quarter against a very strong performance in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. Calendar year 2012 subscription growth rates moderated during the quarter as we saw fewer major license deals compared with the year earlier. At the end of July, institutional subscriptions for calendar year 2012 are up approximately 2% compared with calendar year 2011 at the same time. Particular renewals in Europe, Middle East and Africa driven by cuts in public funding and non-renewable subscriptions in some Middle East markets have slowed our revenue growth. Our business in the U.S. and Asia is performing well.
The STMS book business increased 1% to $37 million. Digital revenues grew 54% as a result of strong sales of e-books and digital licensing. This growth was offset somewhat by a decline in print revenue. Digital sales now comprise 23% of total STMS book sales compared with 15% a year ago. Adjusted direct contribution to profit for the quarter of $94 million was down 9% from prior year. Adjusted direct contribution to profit excludes a $3 million restructuring charge related to the discontinuation, outsourcing and/or relocation of certain STMS activities that will result in a reduction in ongoing operating costs. Restructuring charges are expected to be fully recovered within 18 months.
In the quarter, STMS signed new contracts with society to publish 7 new journals with a combined annual revenue of $2 million, renew or extended contracts to publish 8 journals at a combined annual revenue of $8 million. 2 journal contracts were lost with annual revenue of $6 million. In August, we announced a new agreement to publish 17 journals from the American Geophysical Union, the world's leading society of Earth and space science. AGU journals, which have annual revenues exceeding $20 million, will be published by Wiley from January 2013.
In the 12 months ending in July 2012, full text accesses on Wiley Online Library increased by 15% across all product types compared with the same period a year ago. During this period, usage of journals was up 14% and of books up 38%. Impact's Factors are an important measure of journal quality based on the frequency with which articles published in that particular journal are cited elsewhere in the peer-reviewed literature. The high quality of the Wiley-Blackwell Journal portfolio, as measured by Impact Factors on rankings, is an important element in the purchasing decision-making process for our customers.
Thomson ISI 2011 Journal citation reports show that Wiley-Blackwell has continued to increase both the number and proportion of its journal titles with an Impact Factor, with 1,156 titles, that's 76% of our total, now included. This is an increase of 5% from the 2010 Journal Citation Reports and includes 43 titles which have received their first Impact Factor. 34% of all Journal Citation Report categories [indiscernible] Wiley title ranked in the top 3 and over 300 Wiley journals achieved Impact Factors that placed them within the top 10 ranked journals in their field.
Turning to Professional/Trade, Professional/Trade had a solid start to the year, with first quarter revenue up 4% to $102 million. The acquisition of inscape contributed to the growth in the quarter, exceeding expectations with revenues of $6 million. Consumer category fell 6% to $23 million, while technology declined 5% to $19 million even as Wiley strengthened its market-leading position in the category. Those in the business category grew significantly by 23% to $39 million, driven by the Inscape performance and the successful launch of a new partnership with the Certified Financial Analyst Institute. E-Book sales of $10 million were flat for the quarter due to timing. Digital revenue, including Inscape, grew by 43% in the quarter and now accounts for 21% of global PT revenue. Gross profit, at 63.2% of revenue declined slightly compared with the prior year performance of 63.5% due to product mix. Adjusted direct contribution to profit grew 4% to $22 million, driven by higher revenues and Inscape margins. Adjusted direct contribution to profit excludes a $1.3 million restructuring charge relating to the discontinuation or relocation of certain PT activities.
In the subsequent events following the close of the quarter, Wiley announced an agreement to divest its travel business, including the Frommer's Travel brand to Google. Sale closed at the end of August. We continue to explore opportunities to sell a number of other consumer publishing assets in culinary, general interest and the CliffsNotes brands as announced in March. We will provide additional guidance on the impact of the divestiture of the travel business in the second quarter and with respect to the sale of other consumer publishing assets when and if they occur.
First quarter Global Education revenue fell 5% to $73 million. Decline in revenue is due to cautious ordering on the part of bookstores as they anticipate changes in student purchasing behavior and the impact of online ordering, used books and rentals. Revenue from non-traditional products, including digital, binder-ready versions and custom formats increased by 15% to $21 million and now accounts for 29% of Global Education revenue, up from 23% a year ago. WileyPLUS sales grew by 18% in the quarter, leading to an increase in deferred revenue as these revenues are earned over the duration of each course.
According to published industry data, the U.S. higher education market has declined by 2.7% since January and grown only slightly by 1.2% for the 12 months ending July. In comparison, Wiley has outperformed the market, with revenues flat for the calendar year-to-date and growth of 2.5% for the rolling 12-month period. We successfully released the integration of WileyPLUS to the Blackboard learning management system in June. Over 150 campuses have implemented the Wiley Blackboard WileyPLUS building block in the first 2 months since release. The structure that any Blackboard campus now has direct access to WileyPLUS courses in their discipline. When WileyPLUS is adopted, the instructor will be able to assign WileyPLUS directly through Blackboard, and students will have a seamless experience between Wiley course materials and their campus environment. The agreement with Blackboard will enable us to increase WileyPLUS penetration in so-called low validation markets, increase direct digital e-commerce sales and enable sales to distance and online education programs.
Global Education adjusted direct contribution to profit for the quarter declined 18% to $22 million, but the decrease reflects top line results and higher composition costs. Adjusted direct contribution to profit excludes approximately $170,000 in restructuring charges.
In conclusion, we remain confident that Wiley will weather the ups and downs of these challenging market conditions through the balance of fiscal year 2013. We continue to gain market share in the markets we serve. We are focused on accelerating the transition to digital business models, which remain critical to our ability to serve the needs of our customers and we are taking the opportunity to reduce our ongoing operating costs. While the first quarter was a bit weaker than anticipated, looking at the remaining 3 quarters and what we know with regard to revenue to come and how our expenses lay out for the remainder of the year, we continue to believe we can achieve what we provided as guidance in June. We'll again need to manage expense growth carefully as we did successfully last year. Foreign exchange has been a headwind thus far as the fees we cannot forecast has its effect on EPS by the end of the fiscal year.
In light of these factors, we reiterate our fiscal year 2013 guidance of currency neutral mid-single-digit revenue growth and EPS in the range of $3.50 and $3.55. Foreign exchange is a possible downside. This excludes all unusual tax benefits and the first quarter restructuring charges. With that as background, we welcome your comments and questions.
Question-and-Answer Session
[Operator Instructions] We'll go first to Daniel Moore with CJS Securities.
Daniel Moore - CJS Securities, Inc.
Given the revenue declines were somewhat across the board, looking at the segments in Q1, just elaborate a little bit more as to your confidence that you can still grow the top line in the mid-single-digit range. Obviously speaking, x currency for the remainder of the year, what are the main drivers? A little bit more detail would be fantastic.
Stephen M. Smith
Okay, Dan. So I'll start and as usual, I'll let Ellis complete the things that I should've said and didn't say. So there are a number of things as we look forward to the year in terms of leading indicators. Obviously, one of the big metrics we track is the calendar year subscription growth for 2012, 2/3 of which becomes revenue in fiscal year 2013. And I mentioned the figure of 2% at the end of July. I had a period where most but not all of that business is down and our sales force continues to work on some late license opportunities, particularly in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Overall, we see that as being a driver of further revenue growth, the subscription performance in the first quarter as you mentioned was largely due to the timing of issue publication, which as you know, is the basis for how we recognize revenue. We also have the benefit of knowing that we have won the American Geophysical Union contract, which will bring nice revenue into the last 4 months of the year once we start publishing those journals in January 2013, as well as some pretty good leading indicators around corporate sales, which we expect to perform better in later quarters. So that's by and large, for the STMS business. Those are factors that give us some confidence that we'll perform much better in coming quarters than we did in the first quarter. With respect to our PT business, again we have a very strong front list that we're looking at for second and third quarters so we expect to really pick up some momentum in the marketplace there. We're very optimistic that we will complete the process of restructuring our consumer businesses and we'll be able to continue to benefit from the growth in not only Inscape but also across the business category and some expectation that we will see further eBook growth during the year. I mentioned that eBook sales in the quarter were flat. There's a timing issue there. We had to catch up in the previous year in terms of the way that our customers report revenue to us, which gave us a boost in the first quarter of fiscal '12 and we expect to be much better than flat throughout the rest of the year for eBooks that continues to be significant driver of results. And then lastly, turning to Global Education, as always, it's tough to call at the end of the first quarter, right in the middle of the sales season how that market is going to play out. I mentioned the industry statistic figures that that market has been depressed. There is no doubt that rental textbooks and other business models are having an impact on sales of new books, particularly with the traditional textbook. But we also think that, and we're pretty confident, that our customers in the bookstores are holding back a little bit in terms of their ordering patterns. We expect to see more sales as and when student actually show up for the first week of college whether that's sales of Digital Products to them directly or whether it's bookstores waiting to anticipate the order impacts before placing late orders once they see the ways of the student size. So I think those are all factors that roll into our confidence that we can stay with our guidance of mid-single-digit revenue growth. We are in a tough operating environment. There's no doubt, our markets continue to be difficult as they have been for the last couple of years but we believe the strategies and action plans we've put in place will continue to provide us with opportunities for revenue growth.
Daniel Moore - CJS Securities, Inc.
And last year, if we look back, revenue obviously was a little bit disappointing, it didn't quite meet your expectations. But with strong cost controls, you were still able to hit bottom line targets. Maybe talk about your confidence there. If revenue doesn't come through and it's more of a flatter low single-digit type revenue environment this year, are you still confident that you can get to the $3.50 or $3.55?
Ellis E. Cousens
Yes, Dan. This is Ellis. So I'll speak a little bit more to the cost size and Steve can fill in the holes that I have if I miss anything. But again, as you noted, particularly in the fourth quarter last year, and throughout the year actually, 3 quarters, the last 3 quarters of the year, we're pretty careful in terms of managing costs and had a pretty, a very strong fourth quarter coming from cost control. A piece of that is what we internally call contingency plans, which is we carefully, in putting together a plan prototype our spending in terms of new investment in addition to headcounts and the like. And we do that every year, whether or not a year is going to -- turn out according to plan or not, as we've done in last year, which also started out a little bit on the weak side. This year as well. We're carefully watching and looking at investments in adding people and investments that are lower priority, let's say in terms of meeting our short, mid term and long-term goals and objectives, in terms of investing around digital transformation and transition. As you also know, that to your question about if you miss revenue, imagine costs, one of those elements of missing revenue is unfortunately incentive comp I guess it's fortunate or unfortunate, we have a fair amount of compensation that is related to performance. And to the extent we've missed any one of the 3 measures that drive that, one of which is revenue, the other is earnings per share, the third is cash flow, if we missed revenue significantly, that would release some incentive comp that otherwise would have been paid to colleagues back into earnings and would bridge some of that gap. One piece that Steve did mention and it's in the earnings release as well, that we can't really predict with any certainty has to do with foreign exchange effects on the bottom line. Both $3.50 to $3.55 was including the effect of foreign exchange, which was neutral for the first quarter of the year but as we exited the quarter, exchange rates particularly with respect to the euro, would have an adverse impact if it stayed where it is for the balance of the year. So that's Steve's reference to being a headwind, is over the balance of the year that if rates stayed exactly where they are, we could come off of that number would be at the low end, more so than at the higher end.
Daniel Moore - CJS Securities, Inc.
That leads to my last question, if indeed -- if we stay where we are today, are we talking about sort of low end or $0.05 impact or can you quantify what the impact on that [indiscernible] .
Stephen M. Smith
I can say, we have -- I have a forecast. The number is around the number you mentioned. It's around $0.06 or so but that would mean exchange rates would need to stay exactly where they are and everything else would need to be exactly as we forecasted for the balance of the year. But in terms of order of magnitude, it's about $0.05, $0.06.
We'll go next to Drew Crum with Stifel Nicolaus.
Andrew E. Crum - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., Research Division
A couple of questions on the Scientific Journals business. Is there any way to quantify the impact from the journal publication timing issue? And when should we expect you guys to recoup that? And then also Steve, I think you made reference to the U.S. market, the business doing well in the U.S. Can you talk about market conditions in the U.S. and any change that you're seeing or is this just relative outperformance for your business?
Stephen M. Smith
So the impact of the publication, every quarter, we don't publish exactly the issues that we expect. There are some that move forward into the preceding quarter and some that don't make it into the quarter. So we look at that based on our expectations. And it's of the order of around $3 million is the impact of timing, which is one of the impacts on our overall lower subscription revenue, and as well as -- another factor there that you might want to just be aware of is in fiscal year 2011 or fiscal year 2012, we still build from 2010 calendar business in the first quarter of that year. This year, we only build a tiny bit of the same revenue of 2011 income out of 2012. The difference there is about $1 million as well. So you add that to the $3 million. That's based on the timing of, not publication, but actually of the timing of licenses being transacted. With regard to your question about the U.S. market, my comments were relative. So EMEA is particularly challenging at the moment given the ongoing troubles in Europe. But also we lost entire markets, in Iran, was actually a significant market for scientific journals. We no longer sell journals to Iran because we can't get the money out. So that's had a big effect on that marketplace. In the U.S., we continue to see pretty much the same patterns that we've seen in previous years, with really strong renewals with a major consortia who recognize the high quality of the Wiley-Blackwell general portfolio and we're very encouraged by that. So we're seeing strong growth and good renewal rates with those major customers, offset a little bit by some softness in certain states and territories in California, again being one of our most challenging marketplaces and really as a result of tight funding for some of the funded library budgets and research institutes. So we're seeing some growth in the U.S. We're probably seeing EMEA being flat to down. We are continuing to see nice growth in Asia.
Andrew E. Crum - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., Research Division
Okay, good. So next question pertains to digital. At your investor meeting last year, you talked about fiscal '14 targets for all the segments and looking at Professional/Trade for the fiscal first quarter, digital accounted for 21% of the total revenue. I think the goal was about 25% by fiscal '14. And jumping over to the higher ed or Global Education, it seems like the adoption rates around digital may be a little slower than we had anticipated previously. So taking those 2 into consideration, do you rethink the targets that you set out last year? And so like to your comments on the trends in digital for those 2 businesses?
Stephen M. Smith
Drew, as you know, we have an investor conference coming up at the end of the month and we plan to give you a very thorough update. But just as a headline, we think P/T is well on-track and well-positioned, actually, to exceed its 25% goal digital-only. Inscape acquisition helped enormously with that, of course. And we continue to look for similar opportunities to really move the needle. In terms of Global Ed, we're still seeing very nice takeup of WileyPLUS but also introducing some new offerings in terms of other digital courses that we can bring to market more quickly. And we'll talk quite a bit about our strategy in Global Ed at the upcoming investor conference. I would, I'd say, watch this space. But we certainly don't see any need at this point to revise downward any of our projections about the speed with which we might migrate to digital.
Andrew E. Crum - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., Research Division
Okay, last question for me, just a housekeeping item. Ellis, what tax rate should we be using for fiscal '13?
Ellis E. Cousens
I would say 28% to 29% is a good number to use, excluding the adjustments that we've made out with respect to U.K. tax.
We'll take our next question from Michael Corty with Morningstar.
Michael Corty - Morningstar Inc., Research Division
Just a few questions for me. First of all, in the Professional/Trade business, with the variety of assets you have for sale, would you be willing to keep any of those assets for which you don't give a fair price? Obviously, you're being patient in the sale process. And then another one, on the open access initiatives that were -- you talked about briefly in the earnings release, any quick comments on this additional option for single journal articles? Sometimes investors are not familiar with Wiley. They tend to overemphasize the threat of Open Access to your business model.
Stephen M. Smith
Michael, let me start out with respect to the sale of PTS. Just to recap, as you know, and we announced, we completed the sale of all of our travel to Google back at the end of August. We'll report on that in the 10-Q. In fact, that question's been asked a number of times. We had $22 million roughly for the sale of those assets. The remaining assets, we're in various stages of discussions with parties concerning those assets. It's a good question if we get a good enough price. The question is what is a good enough price given the nature of our expectations are with respect to performance on those assets? The key there is that those assets do not fit strategically with where we're headed in our professional business. And so therefore, exiting those assets will be key over a point in time, or in somehow transitioning or transforming those in another way. Because strategically, the way those assets currently sit within Professional/Trade, they just don't fit. So our greater preference is certainly as announced is a sale. I think we're feeling relatively kind of neutral to okay, that something may materialize there. There are other options other than sales to exit those businesses in the event that a sale doesn't work. We're kind of a little bit up in the air and through the end of September, we'll have a better read on that. I think by the end of the quarter, when we sit here and have a discussion with you in December, we will at that point in time give you conclusive information on what we've done, either with respect to a sale or with respect to how else we might manage those business for the balance of the year. Another question that you didn't ask but is one that would be logical to ask is with respect to the sale of the travel business and what else we might do with respect to the sale of any other consumer assets. In the second quarter, when we get to December, we'll provide adjusted guidance with respect to the effect on those sales as to revenue and earnings per share, if any, and free cash flow, if any. Although we don't provide guidance on free cash flow, we could describe any kind of proceeds associated with the sale.
Ellis E. Cousens
And then I will pick up on the second thought of your question, Michael. First of all, I really welcome your caution that investors should not overreact to news and stories in the media around Open Access. Open Access has been with us for a very long time and the debate continues, although there has been, as you have seen, quite a little movement around that away from the U.K. and from the European Union over the course of the last quarter. Our view is that Open Access as it stands today has not had a detrimental impact on our STMS business, although what does have a detrimental impact is insufficient library funding, to maintain the kind of growth in journal subscriptions that we would like. But Open Access itself, as another business model, has actually provided us with some revenue opportunity as we continue to grow the number of times where we accept publication fees and also launch so-called gold road Open Access only journals. With respect to the developments in the U.K. and Europe, we're both somewhat encouraged and mildly concerned about what we see happening there. We take encouragement from the fact that the debate seems to becoming more sophisticated. That is, the naiveté that existed around the thought that somehow journal articles could be reviewed, digitized, published and made available through highly effective digital platforms, all of that could happen without payment, that it could happen for free. That notion seems to have been dispelled and a clear recognition of the committee report in the U.K. but also in language from the U.K. government and from the EU. But recognized is that a sustainable business model is needed to maintain the quality and reliability and trust in scientific publication and discourse. So we do take encouragement from that. We hope that ultimately, whatever business model prevails, that there's a recognition that there is a need to continue to fund the peer review and publication of scientific research. And we are concerned to make sure that we don't see any dramatic changes in conditions for Open Access deposit particularly in the so-called Green Road model around the embargo period, under which articles after publication are posted to publicly available websites. So our view is we will be living in a mixed economy for some time to come. We don't see any precipitous decline in the subscription business but we do see a little bit of a move towards quality. And so leverage wise, we emphasize quality in our earnings releases and in our communications with investors. We think that quality is going to be -- has become even more important than it has been in the past and for the success of individual titles. And we also see the continuation of growth in the so-called gold road Open Access model and we will no doubt continue to expand our offerings in the Open Access.
[Operator Instructions] And we'll go next to Ian Whittaker with Liberum.
Ian Whittaker - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division
I have 3 questions, all on the Global Education business. The first thing was just interested in your comments about why bookstores have been more cautious in their ordering and your comments about anticipating changes in student's behavior. I wondered if you could talk a little bit more about that. The second thing then just has to sort of just looking at some of the other comments there. You're talking about impact of online ordering, used books and rentals. I mean, these have been Impact Factors for a number of years. Do you think there's any sort of acceleration coming through in those trends on the impact on the Global Education side of the business? And the third thing is it's more of a clarification point. You mentioned that the U.S. higher education sales have been down 2.7% since January. When Pearson reported back in late July, they were talking about gross sales being up 0.7% for the 6 months now. Sort of -- it would either be that July must've been a precipitous month or there's may be some sort difference in terms of how you both classify in the market. So some sort of if you could give some sort of clarification, that would be great.
Stephen M. Smith
Let me just take the last one first, if I can. So I didn't listen to Pearson's conference call. I wasn't aware of their number. Where they talking about market growth or were they talking about Pearson's own growth in the period?
Ian Whittaker - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division
No, they were talking about market growth. What they said was in U.S. higher education, the way they classified it was gross sales of 0.7% and that was to the end of June.
Stephen M. Smith
Gross sales?
Ian Whittaker - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division
Gross sales.
Stephen M. Smith
I actually can't comment on that whether their number came from the same source as the number that I provided. But these were -- this is published industry data on the U.S. higher education market through the month of July. But I think we talk about net sales rather than gross sales.
Ian Whittaker - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division
I'm sorry, can you just clarify what would be the difference between the 2?
Stephen M. Smith
Yes, gross is gross before returns. Let me make a couple of comments about bookstore ordering patterns though. So yes, you're right, that obviously online, digital sales and used books and rental have been around in the marketplace for a long time but I would say yes, the impact of those is becoming greater in terms of the impact on sales of the traditional hardcover textbook at the prevailing copy textbook price. So that's made bookstores less certain about stocking up, I would say. If you look back 2 or 3 years ago, bookstores would have anticipated student demand that have taken a note of the enrollment for specific course and they may have ordered anything up to 70% or 80% of the number of students that have ordered copies to cover that, recognizing that in any class, there is always a subgroup of students who won't buy anything or they'll go to the library or whatever. I think what we're seeing, if we match ordering of known adoption to known enrollments, we're seeing bookstores taking much, much smaller quantities upfront. That's partly because they don't know how many students will buy a used book, how many will come online to buy digital only. Of course, Amazon's growing strength in the channel has also caused some channel confusion. Bookstores again are reluctant to place orders until they see the students show up on the first day of term with their book lists. And textbooks has added a further confusion into that because we don't think that the print textbook model is necessarily very sustainable. What has been, is that there was a large amount of inventory that went out in previous years. Most of that has remained in the marketplace and is now available in the used books shelves but it's just added to a lot more confusion and bookstores are naturally, I think they're cautious because they wanted to protect their working capital. They don't want to order more than they will have demand for and they're finding it much more difficult now than they were in previous years to predict exactly what that demand will be at the start of the semester.
Ian Whittaker - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division
That's extremely clear. And just on that, do you think that's likely -- I mean put another way, do you think this is now likely to be a permanent feature of the market, that bookstores react in this way? Or is there any reason why you think it may be exacerbated by the cyclical pressures we're seeing at the moment?
Stephen M. Smith
You would hope that bookstores -- provided there aren't similar disruptions to distribution channels in the future, that bookstores will get more used to the new environment and begin to get better at predicting their demand. But I think it is the degree of change and the pace of change over the last year or 2 that's made it particularly hard for them to forecast at this point.
We'll go next to Sammy Cassal [ph] with Exane.
Unknown Analyst
One quick question, I'm familiar with the issues on rentals pressure on for-profit enrollment in the U.S. explaining the pressure you've just talked about. Can you help me understand why Asia Pacific is down more than the U.S. at 9%? What's been going on there, please?
Stephen M. Smith
I'm probably not going to be able to give you as comprehensive answer as I'd like to but I do know we have some timing issues around from particularly large adoptions, especially in the country of Taiwan. It might seem strange that I would mention a small island off the coast of China as being significant but within a quarter, actually Taiwan has always been a very large consumer of textbooks. We sell a lot of accounting textbooks there. We do know we've got some orders that are delayed for Taiwan. We're also seeing a tail off in our business in India, which we believe is temporary. But given some of the challenges in the Indian economy that are relatively recent, and we've seen enrollments in a number of courses in India tailed back in this year and we've seen some universities actually shut down individual courses. We're in a bit of a bubble in India in higher education as more and more students saw opportunities there, there's been a correction of that. But we don't see that as being a long-term issue.
Unknown Analyst
Can I ask you, with regards to August as the largest month of the year, do you want to make some comments on how the month of August has been for the markets for higher Ed?
Stephen M. Smith
No, Sammy. We will talk to you about that at the end of the second quarter.
And we'll go next to Michael Corty with Morningstar.
Michael Corty - Morningstar Inc., Research Division
A question on the bookstores and the rentals asked. Real quick, too. I know these are smaller line items within your entire business but in terms of impacts on the macroeconomy and your business, I know at one point you said that the backfile sales can have some -- are cyclical in some manner, as well as the small amount of ad sales you do. What are the any current trends there that we should be aware of on those 2 line items?
Stephen M. Smith
No. As I said in my earlier response, we have leading indicators. Obviously, we have some backfile deals pending, that we are negotiating. We have a forward order basket for ad sales and corporate sales which by the way, goes beyond advertising but also such things as responsive reprints for the pharmaceutical industry. The leading indicators there are pretty good. So we feel that there's still some more business to come there during the course of the year. Obviously, we've got to get those deals done and we've got to finalize the publication of the items that are under order for advertising and reprint sales.
[Operator Instructions] We'll go ahead and go next to Ian Whittaker with Liberum.
Ian Whittaker - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division
I just have a follow-up question. Just going back to education, just look at your technology investment in the quarter. I think it was up around 21% year-on-year. Now I know it's one particular quarter. There were timing issues and so on. But coming back to this point, before the potential to flex costs if revenue declines continued, how much of that technology investment is it what is co-investment that you need to grow additional product further and how much could you scale back on? And I guess, sort of a jump to that, is the argument with digital has always been that digital should help margins in education. You now got it around 29% of revenues. You're sort of -- I know you've been very clear before in saying that there may be a bit of a time lag there for digital margin enhancing but is there anything that you've seen so far that has changed your opinion that digital will eventually enhance margins?
Ellis E. Cousens
Ian, this is Ellis. Let me pick up on those questions. With respect to our ability to manage expense growth in technology, there's a number of factor there. One is we can manage current investments in technology in terms of prioritizing what we spend on that directly affects cash, certainly and has some degree of effect in some cases, with respect to what is expensed because of the nature of how some of that investment is capitalized, if it's development and some of it is expensed directly and/or in terms of the timing of when new services go in service and begins depreciating. So there is a degree of flexibility around that. It's principally focused on current investments, so more so on cash, but expenses affect it as well. It is an area of big spend and pretty significant spending growth and we do have clear plan for prioritization in terms of investment and much of that is focused on kind of I call it mid to longer term, and in some cases, near-term investments in transformation and transition. So we tend to protect those areas somewhat more so than other areas of spend. In terms of the rest of your question around -- actually, I'm losing it for a second here. Oh yes, in terms of expectations of margin effect with respect to digital, there is nothing that we would conclude that our expectations in terms of margin benefits coming from digital would be less than we've seen in the past. Some of Steve's answer to the question earlier around the degree or speed of transformation to digital transition and transformation to digital should in fact favorably impact margins sooner if that in fact plays out that way. One of the answers I didn't provide before in retrospect around cost control has to do with some of the structural views that we're taking with respect to our overall cost structure. Some of this is normal kind of view taking with respect to kinds of activities that even in great times when the top line is growing robustly, it's been a while but I can remember those days before the economic cycle that we're in, one takes a look at how we spend money, where we spend money, where we invest in certain skill sets, some of which are strategic and critical and others of which are kind of you can source in other areas where costs are lower. Those opportunities are continuing to grow and expand in terms of the kinds of services that need to be sourced in higher cost locations like in Western Europe and United States and the percentage or the share of expense that can be sourced in other locations that are lower cost within or outside of Wiley, so using third-party vendors for that. So those opportunities are ones that we're onto and we've reaped some benefit of that last year. We're gaining some benefit and accelerating some of those benefits this year. Unfortunately, at times it involves existing colleagues, hence the restructuring charge in the first quarter of $4.8 million. So all to say is that there are opportunities in the normal course, with or without contingency plans, with or without higher or lower rates of revenue growth, where there are opportunities to manage costs in a more tight, careful basis and also strategically, I think I mentioned one of the conference calls, certainly around us looking at strategic procurement of third-party goods and services. That's an opportunity that we're moving on and we'll be moving on that in this quarter, to begin to place some of those opportunities. That will drive, over time -- it won't happen in a quarter or 2 or maybe even 3 but I would say within 12 to 24 months, we'll begin to see significant savings coming from alternative sourcing approaches for those kinds of goods and services which involve, quite frankly, a fairly significant share of expense within the company.
We do not have any further questions in queue. I'd like to turn the conference back over to Mr. Smith for any additional or closing comments.
Stephen M. Smith
We thank you for your comments and questions. We look forward to speaking to you again at the end of our second quarter and at our next investor conference call in December. Thank you very much.
And that does conclude today's conference. We thank you for your participation.
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Skip to comments.US focus on 'terror war' sinks image to all-time low: report (AFP)
Posted on 11/06/2007 7:34:14 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States needs to shift from muscle-flexing to alliance-building when it seeks to wield power in the world if it wants to patch up its battered global image, said a report on Tuesday.
"America's reputation, standing and influence are at all-time lows, and possibly sinking further," the report by a 20-member think-tank commissioned by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said, citing half a dozen opinion polls from around the world.
"The terrorist attacks on 9/11 caused America to become a frightened and angry nation," it said.
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"Ultimately this is a battle that will be won by ideas, not bullets. Just like the Cold War, we will prevail when the world chooses the opportunities we defend over the despair offered by our enemies."
The report, which was more than a year in the making, said the United States has focused too much on the war on terror and relied too heavily on military might in its foreign policy.
"The Pentagon is the best trained and best resourced arm of the federal government ... it tends to fill every void.
"The United States must become a smarter power by investing once again in the global good -- providing things that people and governments in all quarters of the world want but cannot attain in the absence of American leadership."
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By shifting its foreign policy focus from the war on terror to championing the global good, the United States will not only defeat terrorism but will also restore its greatness, the report said.
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Uh, OK.
I guess we as a nation should have just curled up in a fetal ball and wished away our attackers with pleasant thoughts.
It may make one pause and wonder if it would have been better to just let Germany and Japan have their ways with the rest of a world that doesn't appreciate freedom and liberty and prefers tyranny and treachery.
Oh well.
CSIS Commission on Smart Power
America must revitalize its ability to inspire and persuade rather than merely rely upon its military might. Despite the predominance of U.S. hard power, there are limits to its effectiveness in addressing the main foreign policy challenges facing America today. America's standing in the world is diminished, and although there have been discrete "soft power" successes most notably the progress against HIV/AIDS and malaria, and the creation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation - many of the traditional instruments of soft power, such as public engagement and diplomacy, have been neglected and fallen into disrepair.
In addition, there remains a lack of strategic vision for how to integrate soft and hard power into "smart power" to address current and future challenges. The next year offers a unique opportunity for the United States to engage in a national dialogue on the best way to draw to its side the support of friends and allies in the pursuit of its national security interests.
all time low?
Yeah, when the start refusing to take our money, get back to me.
Moonbats trying to influence Voting Day.
What else is new?
Isn't the CSIS affiliated with the Dems?
Abu Grahib?? Did Alan Combs write that?
This is just pure BS. We are kicking al qaeda's ass around the world without the help of the CSIS.
Just in time for the release of the movie, Lions for Lambs, and to hear Robert Redford utterly trash the United States WoT on Larry King tonight.
I should qualify my statement..
It may make one pause and wonder if it would have been better to just let Germany and Japan have their ways with the rest of a world that doesn't appreciate freedom and liberty and prefers tyranny and treachery.
Choosing Isolationism versus Engagement, building a Fortress America and staying out of foreign entanglements may have been a more viable path to have taken in the short-term, but in the long term, it would only be a matter of time before those and other enemies would come to our shores... and have.
No amount of alliance building was going to stop certain events from happening and from the events to come.
Reputation is only what others think of you.
Character is what you are in the dark.
In his speech, Huckabee said the United States has a self-
important image on the world stage. "Our prestige in the world has been marred, not because we are a superpower, but by the manner in which we handle our power. (Anything) we can do to encourage our neighbors, rather than simply showing our muscle, is an important part of rebuilding America's prestige." Council on Foreign Relations speech - Sept 28. 2007
"I would say this to every other nation in the world:
when you were sick, the Americans brought medicine. When you
were hungry, the Americans brought food. When you had
earthquakes and tsunamis and floods, the Americans came. And
when when you were insecure and you were attacked,
the Americans left the safety of their own homes and came
to defend you. I will never apologize for the United States
of America". - Iowa Straw Poll, August 2007
Maybe the CSIS should pick up a few history books.
The un and the rest of the third world disorder (along with 1/3 of our population) like it best when America has been struck and seems vulnerable. Thats why they liked carter and clinton. They didn't kick ass and take names, they asked "How did we hurt your feelings?"
Translation: "We want more money." -The World
CSIS Commission on Smart Power
Project Staff & Scholars
Carola McGiffert chief of staff; co-project director for the Commission on Smart Power
Craig Cohen deputy chief of staff; co-project director for the Commission on Smart Power
Project Scholars
Grant Aldonas, William M. Scholl Chair in International Business
Jon Alterman, director and senior fellow, Middle East Program
Pierre Chao, director of Defense Industrial Initiatives and senior fellow, International Security Program
Jennifer Cooke, codirector, Africa Program
Reginald Dale, senior fellow, Europe Program
Peter DeShazo, director, Americas Program
Gerald Epstein, senior fellow, Homeland Security Program
Moana Erickson, deputy director and fellow, Scholl Chair in International Business
David Heyman, director and senior fellow, Homeland Security Program
Gerald Hyman, senior adviser and president of Hills Program on Governance
Sarah Ladislaw, fellow, Energy and National Security Program
Alex Lennon, editor in chief, The Washington Quarterly
Eric Lief, senior associate, Africa Program
Sarah Mendelson, director, Human Rights and Security Initiative; senior fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program
Johanna Mendelson Forman, senior associate, Office of the Chief of Staff
Derek Mitchell, senior fellow, International Security Program
Stephen Morrison, executive director, HIV/AIDS Task Force and director, Africa Program
Erik Peterson, senior vice president; William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis; director, Global Strategy Institute
Vincent Sabathier, senior fellow and director, Human Space Exploration Initiatives
Teresita Schaffer, director, South Asia Program
Julianne Smith, director and senior fellow, Europe Program
Karin von Hippel, codirector, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project and senior fellow, International Security Program
Sidney Weintraub, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy
Anne Witkowsky, senior fellow, Homeland Security Program
Sorry, no more Mr. Nice Guy. We kick butts rather than play with them.
I have no doubt the report is in the main correct. What we have to do to get into the good graces of the world's mullahs, communists, socialists and appeasers is to be more like them. Maybe we should all become Muslims—that'd make the world happy.
I actually agree with much of what the article describes about the report. Soft power is exceedingly important for us, and we've neglected that greatly. However, even in our successes such as funding for HIV/AIDS and malaria and other efforts, we do virtually nothing to publicize those efforts. We allow others to dictate our image. This is one area where the EU and, yes, even the Chinese have us beat hands-down: Learning how to toot your own horn effectively.
I also disagree with the frequent assessment that we became "angry and frightened" as a nation. I think we have every right to be angry, and that we are perfectly within reason to expend a great deal of our resources in what we perceive to be a war on terror. Fear is certainly a component of that, but to describe us repeatedly as a "frightened" nation or people is silly. At worst on this point we have an administration that has put too much of its public time (what little there is of that) on terror. Repeatedly going to Asian economic summits and talking about little more than the WoT, for example, is ridiculous. To me, though, this is representative of poor PR management, not of a frightened, scared nation.
Board of Trustees and Counselors
CSIS trustees are drawn equally from the worlds of public policy and the private sector. They contribute a wealth of expertise to the Centers mission and management. One asterisk (*) denotes a member of the Executive Committee and two asterisks (**) denote a CSIS Counselor.
Sam Nunn* ** — Cochairman & CEO, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Vice Chairman & Co-Founder
David M. Abshire — President, Center for the Study of the Presidency
Chairman of the Executive Committee
William A. Schreyer* — Chairman Emeritus, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee
Anne Armstrong* — Former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
President & CEO
John J. Hamre* — President & CEO, CSIS
George L. Argyros — Chairman & CEO, Arnel & Affiliates
Richard Armitage — President, Armitage International
Betty Beene — Former President & CEO, United Way of America
Reginald K. Brack — Former Chairman & CEO, Time, Incorporated
William E. Brock** — Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
Harold Brown** — Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
Zbigniew Brzezinski** — Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
William S. Cohen — Chairman & CEO, The Cohen Group
Ralph Cossa — President, Pacific Forum/CSIS
Richard Fairbanks — Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
William H. Frist — Trustee, CSIS
Michael P. Galvin* — President, Harrison Street Capital, LLC
Linda W. Hart — Vice Chairman & CEO, The Hart Group, Inc.
Ben W. Heineman, Jr. — CSIS Trustee and Senior Adviser
Thomas O. Hicks — Chairman, Hicks Holdings LLC
Carla A. Hills** — Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company
Ray L. Hunt — Chairman & CEO, Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
E. Neville Isdell — Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
James L. Jones — Trustee, CSIS
Henry A. Kissinger** — Chairman & CEO, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Kenneth G. Langone — President & CEO, Invemed Associates, LLC
Donald B. Marron — Chairman & CEO, Lightyear Capital
Joseph Nye — Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
E. Stanley ONeal — Chairman and CEO, Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.
Joseph E. Robert — Chairman and CEO, The J.E. Robert Companies (JER)
Felix G. Rohatyn — President, Rohatyn Associates, LLC
David M. Rubenstein — Cofounder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Charles A. Sanders — Former Chairman & CEO, Glaxo Inc.
James R. Schlesinger** — Senior Adviser, Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Brent Scowcroft** — President, Forum for International Policy
Rex Tillerson — Chairman & CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Murray Weidenbaum — Hon. Chair, Weidenbaum Center, Washington University
Frederick B. Whittemore — Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
Dolores D. Wharton
Amos A. Jordan
William E. Brock — Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
Harold Brown — Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
Zbigniew Brzezinski — Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
Frank C. Carlucci — Counselor, CSIS
Richard Fairbanks — Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
Carla A. Hills — Chairman & CEO, Hills & Company
Henry A. Kissinger — Chairman & CEO, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Theodore McCarrick — Counselor, CSIS
Sam Nunn — Cochairman & CEO, Nuclear Threat Initiative
James R. Schlesinger — Senior Advisor, Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Brent Scowcroft — President, Forum for International Policy
"report by a 20-member think-tank..."
Why not just say "20 idiots?" These think tanks usually consist of politically motivated underachievers who were chosen because they would produce the report that the appointers wanted.
AFP = Agence France Press, a left wing hate-America French news agency.
ideas, and not bullets, huh?
Try these ideas on Osama and al Zawahiri.
We allow others to dictate our image. This is one area where the EU and, yes, even the Chinese have us beat hands-down: Learning how to toot your own horn effectively.
re: the EU and China. They don't have an American media intent on making us like their citizens, docile muted serfs subservient to a global elite agenda.
And what if it doesn't? What if America doesn't give a tarnished tinker's damn about its "global image" anymore, after decades of abuse, insult, and humiliation on the world stage? What if America is giving a one-finger salute to "the world" and telling it that we, America, will go it alone if we have to, but that we will NOT apologize to any bunch of sissified handwringers because we dare to defend ourselves.
Note to world: go to hell.
What Duncan said.
Another commision that needs to be mothballed. What a bunch of defeatist morons.
Apparently the citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan were not included in the study.
Jeeze, who wrote this crap ? We should send them into the panshir valley humming the melody from kumbiyah and see how their "smart" approach serves in keeping their heads attached to their bodies.
Of Course the enemy is mad at us, we shot back.
Our prestige in the world has been marred, not because we are a superpower, but by the manner in which we handle our power. (Anything) we can do to encourage our neighbors, rather than simply showing our muscle, is an important part of rebuilding Americas prestige. Council on Foreign Relations speech - Mike Huckabeee Sept 28. 2007
But, but, but....dot, dot, dot his website says he is a strong supporter of the US Military and the WOT.
Sounds like GHWB's call for a kindler, gentler America. What trash.
I have a feeling that Hunter might disagree with this commissions opinions.
Big-power nations can either be feared or held in contempt. There are no other options.
Was this written by Howard Dean and the DNC staff?
Suffering fools is not his strongest trait.
Well, GW was not a big fan of nation building either during his 2000 campaign.
Thanks J. Hope you are well and being careful.
Why do they always have to bring up Katrina?
The membership looks like a bunch of leftists and commies.
America's image and influence are in decline around the world. To maintain a leading role in global affairs, the United States must move from eliciting fear and anger to inspiring optimism and hope.
In 2006, CSIS launched a bipartisan Commission on Smart Power to develop a vision to guide America's global engagement. This report lays out the commission's findings and a discrete set of recommendations for how the next president of the United States, regardless of political party, can implement a smart power strategy.
The United States must become a smarter power by once again investing in the global goodproviding things people and governments in all quarters of the world want but cannot attain in the absence of American leadership. By complementing U.S. military and economic might with greater investments in soft power, America can build the framework it needs to tackle tough global challenges.
What did 'bobby' have to say? Oh, never mind, I don't care.
Incredible! It reminds me of that old saying, "When you're up to your a$$ in alligators, it's too late to ask who forgot to drain the swamp". These clowns want to go back and drain the swamp, while pretending that the alligators still in the swamp are a minor nuisance with which we just have to live. This is nothing but a Clinton Campaign commercial, all the buzz words point to that: Abu Ghraib, Katrina, money for AIDS-related programs. Thanks to the exertions of rough men, who have driven the wolves from our door, it's now possible to dream of a Socialist Utopia again.
Thank you Eagle, I am doing fine and trying to be careful :)
"citing half a dozen opinion polls from around the world"
That's some rigid research!
Let me put it to you this way...if these Muslim extremists weren't so insane I wouldn't be here talking to you today.
They only understand one language and that's violence. Thankfully they only speak third grade broken violence whereas we speak fluent violence. (F-15s, laser guided bombs) We have a PhD in the language.
Whatever it is, I'm in favor of any candidate who will leave me alone as an American citizen and slaughter the enemy.
That is a good platform, frankly.
Wringing my hands, holding my head, unable to stop weeping....well, time for another beer.
The EU may make a copy of the GPS cloud of satellites, but obviously they lack the innovation to develop them first.
The USSR may be able to reverse engineer stealth technology, but they lack the innovation to create them first.
Japan may be able to create tens of millions of cheap knock-off automobiles, but they lack the innovation to create the first ones.
The day that America stops, human progress forward stops.
If America's reputation is tarnished, it's because the left the world over has worked so very hard to tarnish it.
Whether the left believes it or not, AMERICAN WARS SET MEN FREE!
Ask al queda whether it was European/Canadian "soft power" that beat them out of Afghanistan and Iraq.
That's the answer to all of these kind of questions.
"What is AFP? Not Armed Forces Press, I hope?"
AFP is a news service which fancies itself to be a big time deal. It is based in Paris, France. Fancy that.
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Roger Wannamaker spends his nights brooding over his lost vampire heritage. When he wanders into a role-playing chat room, he can finally become the man he was always meant to be - Brakos, King of the Vampires.
But when he meets the woman who would be his queen, can he tell her who he really is, or are they destined to remain online lovers only?
Small Magick by Liddy Midnight
Drey is descended from a long line of female mages, but she herself only commands SMALL MAGICK. Her aunt and grandmother have sent her off by herself to unlock the power they know lies within her. Frustrated with her inability to perform even the basics of magick, Drey finds solace outdoors, playing her pipes while the breeze tangles her hair and tugs at her skirt. She explores the mountain that looms above her cottage and finds an isolated meadow that long ago served a mage as a natural circle. With joy at her discovery surging through her, she casts the circle and raises power for the first time in her life. She also conjures a wind spirit and binds him to mortal form.
Cyrus believes she has called him to pleasure her and applies himself diligently to the task. Their mutual delight dissipates when they realize she has no idea how she called and bound him. Only the mage who bound him can release him. How can she reverse what she did unwittingly? While she works to devise a ritual that will return him to his world, Drey helps Cyrus explore the physical world while he shows her glimpses of his realm. To her dismay, she finds herself falling in love with him. That revelation makes her desperate to send him back to the skies. Desperate enough to apprentice herself to a powerful mage with an agenda of his own. Desperate enough to promise him anything in exchange for the knowledge she needs to free Cyrus.
McNamara's Ghost by Angelique Armae
Locked in a deadly battle with his evil warlock brother, immortal witch Hugh McNamara sacrifices his own life for the sake of protecting the ancient Irish Ogham Stonesthe sacred script of Ireland's legendary hero. Defeated, Hugh is stripped of his immortality and ends up trapped in time as nothing more than a mere ghost. But when his once- beloved Julia returns to the place of his death, Hugh is stirred from a centuries-old sleep and vows to take back that which was once hislife, liberty, and love...
When parapsychologist Juliann Moss purchases an 18th century tavern in upstate New York, she expects to meet with the occasional bump-in-the-night. After all, she is also an immortal Irish Fairy Witch. But after vowing to give up magic centuries ago, being drawn back into the world of ghosts, warlocks, and ancient witchcraft is a bit more than she bargains for...
"The Day
Her Heart Stood Still"
Single Superhero"
Book One: REVELATIONS
It all started with a Halloween party...
To some, shifting
is a giftto others it is a curse they are born to
to worlds filled with wondrous possibilities
and sometimes terrifying
Bound" by Robin Bayne
"The Tower"
by Jennifer Dunne
Killer" by Myra Nour
" Midnights
Door" by Jane Toombs,
passion, and desire. It all begins with a kiss.
"A World
Apart" by Nora Roberts
by Jill Gregory
With A Kiss" by Ruth Ryan Langan
"Kiss Me,
Kate" by Marianne Willman
"Fly With
A Dragon" by Rosemary Laurey
moaning wind. A yellow moon. A black cat twining 'round your legs. No night
is more bewitched than Halloween, when the mists of time shimmer and the
doorways between worlds open. Gathered together in this captivating anthology
are three haunting stories of love that surpass space and timeto live
forever in your heart
Haunted Honeymoon by Linda Devlin
Newlyweds John and Tessa Travis aren't going to let their arranged marriage stand in the way of the rest of their lives. Even if they don't have true love, they've got a dilapidated plantation house to fix up. But the melancholy ghost who refuses to leave won't stand for anything less than passion between them...
Bewitching by Sandy Moffett
Constance Sedgewick is quite happy running Salem's Academy for Young Ladies with her two elderly aunts, but they have other ideasprompted by the onset of Constance's supernatural powers. To control her destiny as a witch, Constance needs the love of a man...by All Hallow's Eve.
Citizen Daisy by Deb Stover
Born the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Daisy Peabody is surely a witch. At least that's what the good folk of Crooked Creek think. When a man literally falls from the sky onto her property, they're sure. But who is the handsome stranger? And what magic has he wrought in Daisy's heart?
these three sinfully delicious tales, there is nothing more seductive or
magical than the comforts of food, especially when used to nourish the heart,
stoke the flames of desire, and bring the spice of love to its fullest flavor
"A Basket
Of Magic" by Jo Goodman
"The Magic
Garden" by Hannah Howell
"The Orange
Tree" by Linda Madl
A TALE OF THE SEA Series
"You're the one..."
Shy, scholarly Dr. Phoebe Jones blushed when sexy private investigator Kevin Cartwright uttered those words. But when the handsome ex-cop explained she was one of four lost siblings he'd been hired to find, she nearly fainted headfirst into his strong, sculpted arms.
Yet someone else was also after the beautiful doctor and her heirloom necklace the key to her mysterious past. Suddenly she and Kevin were posing as lovers as they raced to the ocean to uncover the truth. But Phoebe's passionate response to "make-believe" kisses was anything but pretend...nor was her desire to hear the sworn bachelor say the most magical words of all....
Long ago and far away...
...there was a world filled with light and laughter and love. But quakes buried the land deep below the sea. Slowly the people adapted to their new world. But a civil war broke out, forcing the king of Pacifica to send his four children far away, each with a guardian and a piece of the royal seal.
Twenty-five years later, it was time for the siblings to be reunited-and reclaim what was lost. Natural beauty Kayla Waterton had always avoided the sea-she'd sensed its secrets...and its danger. But a chance-of-a-lifetime search expedition for a sunken ship could lead to answers about her mysterious past...and passion in the arms of modern-day pirate Captain Ben Mendoza.
...for luring him to her ship and ahving her men imprison him. Yes, the beautiful American had sealed her fate, for Saegar the royal prince of Pacifica, would claim Beth Livingston as his wife, brand her with his passion and make her his forever...
What had her father's crew discovered? Whoever - whatever - he was, Beth knew the prisoner with the chiseled face and chest of a Roman warrior directed his anger at her, and if she didn't convince her father to release him, she would one day feel the full wrath of his fury - and his heart's desires....
To: King Loucan
of Pacifica
We joyously received your message that you have found three of the four lost royal siblings of Pacifica. But I understand the eldest, the beautiful Thalassa, is still missing. We pray you finder her and convince her to rule by your side. You say you desire a marriage of convenience only -- for the sake of restoring peace to our troubled land. I know Loucan, my dearest friend and king, you will try to bend her to your iron will if she refuses. But don't close our stubborn, wounded heart. As I recall, Lass is a gentle soul. Treat her kindly, and she'll be yours -- body and soul -- for the taking.
SOULMATES Collection
Long before Melanie Carlotti met the flesh-and-blood man, she'd memorized Zack Morgan's handsome, tormented features from her dreams. For the operation that had saved her sight had given her memories of another woman's family....
From the moment Zack hired her to decorate his business suites, she'd planned to tell him who she was. But best intentions bailed when she searched his shadowed eyes, kissed his commanding lips. And when his sweet baby sought comfort in her arms, Melanie nearly forgot the secret she'd vowed to reveal. A revelation she suddenly feared would cause Zack to send her away...before she knew why a stranger's gift had wedded their fates.
Cassie Nevins longed for someone to save the day, someone like Cowboy Charlie, the hero she'd created for her daughter's bedtime stories and the hunk who'd starred in a few of her own not-so-innocent fantasies. Charlie followed the code of the Old West: Act honorably, work hard, tell the truth, and take responsibility.
So who was this stranger on her doorstep, looking exactly like her cowboy...right down to the dimple in one corner of his very kissable mouth? All Cassie knew was this Charlie could make all her dreams come true including her deeply hidden desire for a happily-ever-after!
She prided herself on her logic and quick wits so why, when wearing her grandmother's ring, did Claudia Westfield have visions of an incredibly sexy, utterly captivating man? Determined to solve the problem, Claudia tracked down Hayden Bedford her dream come to life!
Or was he? Her visions showed a man with an incredible yearning in his eyes and Claudia seemed only to irritate Hayden! But as they searched for the truth, Hayden's glances turned to passion and with the realization that Hayden closely resembled his grandfather they began to wonder if this time their love might stand a chance....
Mallory Chevalle came to Wyoming seeking a mythical horse and found a tough, honorable cowboy who stirred her sleeping senses to life. The virginal heiress had assumed it was her fate to be alone forever, until Chase Wells with his special horse, Peggy Sue two-stepped into her heart. Mallory was convinced that destiny had played a hand in leading her to this remote place and into Chase's strong, soothing arms.
But getting the stubborn rancher to believe their cosmic connection wouldn't be so easy. Legend had it, Peggy Sue could only be tamed by a chaste maiden could the same be true about her owner?
FEAR FAMILIAR Series continued
Proud and fierce as the windswept sands he ruled, Omar Dukhan was sworn to protect his people and to guard their ancient secret. To keep lovely scientist Beth Bradshaw from exposing it, he became her desert guide. But when Beth's life was threatened, Omar swept her to his desert hideaway and into his protection with a little help from a strange black cat!
Falling for her mysterious guide had been foolish. Falling for a desert king was hopeless. Yet Beth's desire for Omar knew no rules. Whoever he was, she was his to command for as long as he kept her alive....
OASIS (sequel)
Amelia Corbet rushed into the desert to save her sister and wound up a captive! But not for long. First a strange black cat appeared, followed by a dark rescuer with the eyes of a hawk and a fierce embrace that stirred her deepest longings. But was Harad Dukhan's intent to save her or to capture Amelia for himself?
The city-bred beauty was a thorn in Harad's side until he held her in his arms. Now he couldn't let her go. Amelia was a pawn in a deadly plot against his family. If keeping her near would save her life, this desert captive might yet become his desert bride!
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This is the 14th tour to the United States in our history. We spend Easter time in foothills of the Rocky Mountains and in Yellowstone National Park and we will share Czech art of music there as well as in Manhattan.
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USA Tour 2014
During our 13th USA tour in our history, we toured in Chicago (Illinois, 3rd biggest city in the USA), Madison (capital of Wisconsin), Saint Louis (2nd biggest in Missouri), Cedar Rapids and others. We enjoyed Thanksgiving with turkey, apple pie, parades etc.
Jitro sung Japanese song Hana Wa Saku in Japanese television
Japanese public broadcaster NHK chose our recording of the song Hana Wa Saku sung in Japanese, which was taken as part of a project to support the areas affected by the devastating tsunami in 2011.
Solo concert at the International Music Festival Prague Spring 2014
Czech childrens' choir Jitro took part in 69th International Music Festival Prague Spring. Solo concert was held on Sunday, May 25, 2014 in the church of the St. Simon and Jude in Prague.
Concert in the oldest church in Paris, France
During our tour in France Jitro sang in the oldest church in Paris Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Japan Tour 2013
Our next concert tour is in Japan with concerts in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima and others. Photos are on Flickr server.
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European summer
Our traditional summer tour in Europe is over. This year we have visited France and Italy.
José Cura
José Cura wrote: "Dear Kids, dear Maestro, finally having some holidays, I am sitting in my studio and enjoying the recordings you gave me in February. Congratulations, they are superb!!! Looking forward to our future collaboration. A big kiss!!! José" (view on facebook)
USA Tour 2016
March 24 to April 8, 2016, Montana & New York City, USA
During 14th USA tour in our history we tour Montrana and New York City.
Concerts with José Cura
José Cura: "I knew that Jitro will be good nevertheless I was surprised. I must pass a huge compliment to the choir and choirmasters."
Autumn 2015 in Europe
European Autumn Tour 2015: France, Belgium, Germany, October 28 to November 1, November 27 to December 6, December 17 to December 21, 2015
Czech and Moravian Christmas Carols
Our new CD is released in the US, but will be distributed worldwide
The Navona Records, US record label, releases our new CD - Czech and Moravian Christmas Carols by Jan Jirasek. Thanks to the Naxos Records, world's leading classical music group, the recording will be available worldwide as a classical CD and also online. Reviews available.
Japanese medal and award
Japanese medal and award for Jitro helping people affected by devastating earthquake in 2011
Representatives of public life of the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima appreciated our contribution in aid of those affected by the earthquake and devastating tsunami. These people we spent part of our tour in Japan 2013. Last year Jitro was also selected for the Japanese television project (czech site) to support the affected areas and in 2011 Jitro organized a benefit concert "Jitro sings for Japan", the proceeds of which, together with a note on the DVD (czech site), sent to the worst affected victims.


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