GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition Penguin China to Sponsor The Next Talent Search for Next Literary Sensation BEIJING, CHINA/7/24/08--Penguin China has announced its sponsorship of a major new literary prize, entitled “The Next – A...
Doris
Melton to Depart As Vice President of Baker & Taylor
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition Melton to Depart As Vice President of Baker & Taylor CHARLOTTE, NC/7/29/08--James C. Melton, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Baker & Taylor, is leaving the company but will continue to...
Hachette USA Shows Rapid Growth In Second Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition Hachette USA Shows Rapid Growth In Second Quarter PARIS/7/25/08--Lagardère SCA, which owns Hachette Book Group USA, has reported a 3.6% like-for-like increase in consolidated revenues for the six months...
McGraw-Hill Income and Profits Decline In Second Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition McGraw-Hill Income and Profits Decline In Second Quarter NEW YORK/7/29/08--McGraw-Hill Companies' net income for the second quarter fell by 23.4% to $212.3 compared to the same period last year. Revenue declined by...
Penguin Group Achieves Strong Sales and Profits in First Half of 2008
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition Penguin Group Achieves Strong Sales and Profits in First Half of 2008 NEW YORK and LONDON/7/28/08--Penguin Group reported a 9% increase in sales for the first half of the year, compared to 2007's midpoint. Profits...
Amazon.com Sales Soar 41 Percent, Baron’s Warns of Stock Decline
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 31 - August 7, 2008 Edition Amazon.com Sales Soar 41%, Baron's Warns of Stock Decline SEATTLE/7/27/2008--Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) July 23 announced a 41% net sales increase to $4.06 billion in the second quarter, ended June 30, 2008,...
Christian Retail Show Attendance Down By 17%
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition Christian Retail Show Attendance Down By 17% ORLANDO, FL/7/22/08--Attendance at the Christian Booksellers Association's 2008 International Christian Retail Show this month fell by 17% over the previous year. Only...
ABA Offers Indys Plan to “Publish” Local Titles
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition ABA Offers Indys Plan to "Publish" Local Titles LAVERGNE, TN/7/22/2008--The American Booksellers Association (ABA), together with Applewood Books, has launched a program through Ingram's Lightning Source that enables...
Library Council Urges Congress to Preserve Old Sound Recordings
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition Library Council Urges Congress to Preserve Old Sound Recordings ANAHEIM, CA/7/24/08--The American Library Association Council last week passed a resolution emphasizing the need to preserve and provide access to sound...
McGraw-Hill Among Bidders for Reed’s Magazine Division
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition McGraw-Hill Among Bidders for Reed's Magazine Division LONDON/7/20/08-- Reed Business Information (RBI), whose titles include Publishers Weekly, and film industry bible Variety, Flight International and New...
