MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 19 - February 26, 2009 Edition Annual Book Sales Slump 2.4% Says AAP NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/16/09-- Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of December increased by 9.7 percent at $1.5...
Doris
Hachette USA-Increases Sales-In Tough Economy
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 19 - February 26, 2009 Edition Hachette USA Increases Sales In Tough Economy Parish, France/Authorlink News/02/17/09--Hachette Book Group, USA, owned by Lagardére SCA under the Hachette Livre publishing division, turned in slight gains in...
Barnes And Noble-Dividend May Boost-Investor Confidence
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 19 - February 26, 2009 Edition Barnes And Noble Dividend May Boost Investor Confidence NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/17/09--The Board of Directors at Barnes & Noble, Inc., no doubt trying to shore up investor confidence, today declared a...
HarperCollins Sales-And Profit Plummet-In Third Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition HarperCollins Sales And Profit Plummet In Third Quarter NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/06/09--Sales at HarperCollins fell 25% from $406 million last year to only $305 million in the quarter ended December...
Random House-To Publish Memoir-By Diane Keaton
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition Random House To Publish Memoir By Diane Keaton Random House will publish a memoir by Diane Keaton, it was announced today by Gina Centrello, President and Publisher of the Random House Publishing Group....
Movie Studio-To Replace GM-In Michigan
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition Movie Studio To Replace GM In Michigan PONTIAC, MI/Authorlink News/02/09/09--A $54 million film studio and production facility will replace the old General Motors truck plant in Pontiac, Michigan, according...
Libraries Get-Reprieve on Lead-Law for Kids Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition Libraries Get Reprieve on Lead Law for Kids Books WASHINGTON, DC/Authorlink News/02/12/09--Librarians who might have had to purge their shelves of potentially harmful lead-containing books, have received a...
Amazon Unveils-Slimmer, Faster-Amazon Kindle 2
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition Amazon Unveils Slimmer, Faster Amazon Kindle 2 SEATTLE/Authorlink News/02/09/09--Amazon.com, Inc. today introduced its new reading device, Amazon Kindle 2, to a crowd of publishing dignitaries in New York's...
HarperCollins-Shuts Down-Collins Division
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 12 - February 19, 2009 Edition HarperCollins Shuts Down Collins Division NEW YORK, NY/Authorlink News/02/10/09--HarperCollins, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has shut down its entire Collins division, which specialized in nonfiction...
La Leche League-to Publish Books-At Ballantine
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 5 - February 12, 2009 Edition La Leche League to Publish Books At Ballantine La Leche League International, the highly-revered organization devoted to the education of pregnant and new mothers and the support of their efforts to...
