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...
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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...
Youtube Video Trailer-For Kenyon’s Acheron-Draws Huge Viewership
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 7 - 14, 2008 Edition Youtube Video Trailer For Kenyon's Acheron Draws Huge Viewership NEW YORK, NY/8/7/2008--A video trailer for Sherrilyn Kenyon's Acheron, the newest release in the Dark Hunter series, climbed on Tuesday of...
Rodale Books-Adds Key Editorial-Staff Under Rinaldi
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 7 - 14, 2008 Edition Rodale Books Adds Key Editorial Staff Under Rinaldi NEW YORK, NY/8/7/2008--Rodale Books has appointed two key vice presidents of publishing this summer, under the new direction of Karen Rinaldi, senior vice president,...
AbeBooks Acquired-By Online Giant-Amazon.com
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 7 - 14, 2008 Edition AbeBooks Acquired By Online Giant Amazon.com SEATTLE, WA/8/7/2008--Amazon.com agreed last week to acquire the huge British Columbia used book dealer, AbeBooks, for an undisclosed sum. AbeBooks lists more than 100 million...
Borders Debuts New Video Book Club Episode
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition Borders Debuts New Video Book Club Episode ANN ARBOR/MI/8/29/08--First-time author Brunonia Barry's "The Lace Reader" is a mystery that explores the fascinating notion that one's future can be revealed in...
