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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...