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...
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Book Sales Decline in May, Remain Flat for Year
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Book Sales Decline in May, Remain Flat for Year NEW YORK, NY/7/11/08--Net domestic book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of May decreased by 1.8 percent at $670 million and...
Government Shows May Book Sales Up While AAP Says Not
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Government Shows May Book Sales Up, While AAP Says Not WASHINGTON, DC/7/15/08--The U.S. Census Bureau reports that sales for May 2008 rose 2.6% to $1.15 billion, while the Association of American Publishers, which...
Coutts Information Services Names New Sales VP
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Coutts Information Services Names New Sales VP NIAGARA FALLS, NY/7/11/08--Coutts Information Services, the leading international supplier of books and electronic content to libraries, has named Stephen Pugh Vice...
Penguin Acquires World Rights to Four Seasons Business Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Penguin Acquires World Rights to Four Seasons Business Book NEW YORK, NY/7/14/08--David Davidar, President and Publisher of Penguin Group (Canada) and Adrian Zackheim, Publisher of the Portfolio imprint of Penguin...
NAIBA to Honor Indy Publisher Morgan Entrekin
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition NAIBA to Honor Indy Publisher Morgan Entrekin NEW YORK, NY/7/16/08--Morgan Entrekin, president and publisher of Grove/Atlantic, Inc., has been named the 2008 recipient of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers...
Borders.com Launches New-Audiobook Download Service
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 17 - July 24, 2008 Edition Borders.com Launches New Audiobook Download Service ANN ARBOR, Mich.,/7/15/2008—Borders Audiobook Downloads—a new audiobook download service—was launched today on Borders.com, offering an initial...
Morgan Replaces Eugster As CEO of Baker & Taylor
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 10 - July 17, 2008 Edition Morgan Replaces Eugster As CEO of Baker & Taylor CHARLOTTE, NC/7/7/08 - Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world's largest wholesale distributor of books and entertainment products, last week named Thomas I. Morgan...
Bertelsmann Plans to Sell Off DirectGroup France
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 10 - July 17, 2008 Edition Bertelsmann Plans to Sell Off DirectGroup France PARIS/7/8/08--German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, is planning to sell its DirectGroup France division for more than 300 million euros ($470 million), according to a...
Ask.com Buys Lexico Publishing’s Reference Sites
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 10 - July 17, 2008 Edition Ask.com Buys Lexico Publishing's Reference Sites OAKLAND, CA/7/10/08-- Ask.com (www.ask.com), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC last week completed the previously announced agreement to acquire...
