PW quotes HBG CEO David Shelley tying a modest U.S. gain to strong performances from a spread of titles - big-name fiction collaborations, celebrity memoir, and commercial romance - rather than a single surprise phenomenon. Parent Lagardère Publishing's total revenue dips a little in the quarter, partly because the year-ago compare was juiced by a massive U.K. fantasy release.
Regional notes matter for anyone selling translation or co-editions: Spain/Latin America looks lively, while France and the U.K. are lumpier. It's a reminder that "Big Five" results are really a bundle of territorial bets, not one clean graph line you can read off a single TikTok trend.
(Shortened and summarised to avoid devaluing the source)