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...
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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...
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...
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...
Penguin China to Sponsor “The Next Talent Search for Next Literary Sensation
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...
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...
Simon & Schuster Proposes E-Book Royalty Amendment
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 24 - July 31, 2008 Edition Simon & Schuster Proposes E-Book Royalty Amendment NEW YORK, NY/7/18/08--Simon & Schuster recently sent a one-page letter to a number of authors who have varying or unspecified e-book royalty rates, attempting to set...
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...
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...
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...
