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...
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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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
