MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 28 - September 4, 2008 Edition U.S. Slowdown Impacts Quarto's For First Half LONDON/8/28/2008--Quarto Group, Inc., UK based publisher of illustrated books and art prints, last week reported that it closed the first half of the year June 30,...
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Books-a-Million Second Quarter Declines 7.5%
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 28 - September 4, 2008 Edition Books-a-Million Second Quarter Declines 7.5% BIRMINGHAM, AL/8/28/08--Books-A-Million, Inc. last week announced financial results for the second quarter and 26 week period ended August 2, 2008. Net sales for the...
Barnes & Noble Looks to
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 28 - September 4, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble Looks to "Larger" Digital Arena NEW YORK, NY/8/28/08--Barnes & Noble, Inc. CEO Steve Riggio, reporting via webcast August 21 on its second quarter financial result, made the comment that "We do...
Amazon.com Buys ShelfariNetworking Site
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 28 - September 4, 2008 Edition Amazon.com Buys Shelfari Networking Site SEATTLE, WA/8/26/08--Shelfari, the social network site for book lovers, has been acquired by Amazon.com, according to Shelfari CEO Josh Hug's blog post yesterday. "This...
BN.com’s Online CEO-Resigns On Heels-of Borders Re-launch
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 21 - August 28, 2008 Edition BN.com's Online CEO Resigns On Heels of Borders Re-launch NEW YORK, NY/8/21/2008--Barnes & Noble Inc., the largest U.S. specialty bookseller, said on Tuesday that Marie J. Toulantis, the chief executive of...
Smith Named Managing Director of Book Depository
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 21 - August 28, 2008 Edition Smith Named Managing Director of Book Depository UNITED KINGDOM/8/21/08--Kieron Smith has been named managing director of The Book Depository Ltd. in Gloucester, United Kingdom. He comes to his new post after...
Marjorie Braman to Head Henry Holt As Editor-in-Chief
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 21 - August 28, 2008 Edition Marjorie Braman to Head Henry Holt As Editor-in-Chief NEW YORK, NY/8/21/08--Marjorie Braman, one of New York's top editors, is leaving HarperCollins after 12 years to become vice president and editor-in-chief of...
Twelve Bidders Vie for Reed Magazine Unit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 21 - August 28, 2008 Edition Twelve Bidders Vie for Reed Magazine Unit NEW YORK, NY/8/21/08--The second round of bidding was due this week for the sale of Reed Elsevier's Reed Business Information division. As many as 12 bidders submitted...
Supreme Court Ruling Arms Publishers To Block Retailers’ Deep Discounts
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 21 - August 28, 2008 Edition Supreme Court Ruling May Help Publishers Block Retailers' Cut-Rate Prices /08/18/08-Some book publishers may soon join other manufacturers in prohibiting retailers from offering deep discounts on their products....
Booksellers Angered Over Amazon’s Exclusive Jump on ‘Obama’ Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 21 - August 28, 2008 Edition Booksellers Angered Over Amazon's Exclusive Jump on 'Obama' Sales NEW YORK, NY/8/21/08--Chelsea Green Publishing's deal with Amazon.com, which grants the retailer a two-week exclusive head start to sell Robert...
