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...
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Bookstore Sales Decline in June Stay Up for Year
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 21 - August 28, 2008 Edition Bookstore Sales Decline in June; Stay Up for Year WASHINGTON, DC/8/21/08--Bookstore sales, which started at a surprisingly strong pace in January 2008 at $2.28 billion, fell to half that amount--$1070--in June,...
Nielsen to Require-Individual ISBN-For e-Book Formats
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 14 - 21, 2008 Edition Nielsen to Require Multiple ISBN's For e-Book Formats LONDON/8/14/2008--Nielsen Book, the company that operates the UK ISBN Agency, issued a statement this week that it will not accept e-books into its database...
UK’s Emerald Group-Opens Publishing-Office in Cambridge
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 14 - 21, 2008 Edition UK's Emerald Group Opens Publishing Office in Cambridge NEW YORK, NY/8/14/2008--UK-based Emerald Group Publishing Limited, has opened a U.S. office in Cambridge, Mass, to be headed by David Butler as vice president....
Reader’s Digest Shuts-One Reading Imprint-Sells Fundraising Unit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 14 - 21, 2008 Edition Reader's Digest Shuts One Reading Imprint; Sells Fundraising Unit PLEASANTVILLE, NY/8/14/2008--Facing competition from the Internet for nonfiction readers, Readers Digest has announced it will shut down its Todays Best...
Profile Books-Optimistic Despite-Decline in Profits
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 14 - 21, 2008 Edition Profile Books Optimistic Despite Decline in Profits LONDON/8/14/2008--UK-based Profile Books, distributed overseas by Random House, remains optimistic about its future, despite a 17% decline in sales and a 64% drop (to...
Election-Year Books-by Conservatives-Climb-to Amazon Top 20
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 14 - 21, 2008 Edition Election-Year Books by Conservatives Climb to Amazon's Top 20 NEW YORK/DALLAS/8/14/2008--While John McCain and Barack Obama battle for the presidency in the visual media, a related political front is opening up in the...
Stephenie Meyer’s-Breaking Dawn-Hits Record Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 7 - 14, 2008 Edition Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn Hits Record Sales NEW YORK, NY/8/7/2008--Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn, long-awaited final novel in the Twilight Saga series, has already sold an estimated 1.3 million copies on the...
Bertelsmann Realigns-BMG for the Music-Rights Business
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 7 - 14, 2008 Edition Bertelsmann Realigns BMG for the Music Rights Business New York / Gütersloh, August 5, 2008 --The international media company Bertelsmann is gearing the business of its Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) towards music rights...
AAP Launches-Pilot Webcast-With Top Editors
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 7 - 14, 2008 Edition AAP Launches Pilot Webcast With Top Editors NEW YORK, NY/8/7/2008--The Association of American Publishers has announced a pilot program featuring some of today's top editors presenting and previewing their Winter 2009...
