Modest gains were reported at the company's other publishing operations.
The company also has legal, medical, scientific and textbook publishing operations.
A significant part of its work is its extensive publishing operation.
The company plans to carry on with all its publishing operations and to open up new lines of activity.
Today, the publishing operations still account for about three-quarters of the center's revenue.
He estimated that the publishing operations could be worth about $2.5 billion, or 14 times 1989 operating income.
Pearson's publishing operations represented 52 percent of its $5.37 billion in 1999 sales.
Since then, the company has expanded its publishing operation.
Gains were reported by every group except for certain specialized publishing operations.
Little, Brown also owns a medical and legal publishing operation, which will be part of the merged company.
