MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 28 - September 4, 2008 Edition Random House Reports Decline In First Half NEW YORK, NY/8/28/2008--Random House, the world's largest trade book publishing group, registered a decline in first-half revenues and operating results, mainly due to...
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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,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
