MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 26 - July 3, 2008 Edition Bertelsmann Elects Gettkant to AG's Supervisory Board Gütersloh/6/24/08 Helmut Gettkant (54), chairman of the Mohn Media works council and member of the Bertelsmann AG Corporate Works Council, has been elected as an...
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Complaints Surge Against WL Writers’ Literary Agency
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 26 - July 3, 2008 Edition Complaints Surge Against WL Writers' Literary Agency NEW YORK, NY/6/26/08-- Authorlink has noted an upsurge in complaints within the past few months against WL Writer's Literary Agency, also known by a variety of...
Borders Group Names New Fiction Buyer
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 26 - July 3, 2008 Edition Borders Group Names New Fiction Buyer ANN ARBOR, MI/6/23/08Borders Group, Inc. has named Jennifer Northcutt as Fiction buyer for Borders and Waldenbooks, effective immediately. She reports to Micha Hershman,...
Barnes & Noble Stock In Bearish Downtrend Analysis Web Site Says
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 26 - July 3, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble Stock In Bearish Downtrend, Analysis Web Site Says NEW YORK, NY/6/23/2008-- Stocks for Barnes & Noble(BKS), the world's largest bookseller, are in a long term downward (Bearish) trend, according to...
RC2 Corporation to Acquire Publications International Childrens Publishing Unit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 26 - July 3, 2008 Edition RC2 Corporation to Acquire Publications International's Childrens Publishing Unit OAK BROOK, IL/6/23/08--RC2 Corporation has signed definitive purchase agreements to acquire the Childrens Publishing Division (CPD)...
AAP Says Book Sales Down in April But Stable for the Year
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 26 - July 3, 2008 Edition AAP Says Book Sales Down in April, But Stable for the Year NEW YORK, NY/6/23/08--Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of April decreased by 3.5 percent to $473 million, and...
Author Sues Distributor Bookstores, Too
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 19 - June 26, 2008 Edition Author Sues Distributor, Bookstores, Too NEW YORK, NY/6/18/08--An interesting copyright infringement law suit has been filed by author Larry Townsend against 40 booksellers and his distributor. According to an item...
Michael Eisner Borders Team Up On Web Series
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 19 - June 26, 2008 Edition Michael Eisner, Borders Team Up On Web Series ANN ARBOR, MI/6/17/08-- Borders Books has formed an alliance with former Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner and Eisner's now independent media studio, Vuguru, to distribute...
Libraries to Get $2 Million in NEA Grants For
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 19 - June 26, 2008 Edition Libraries to Get $2 Million in NEA Grants For "Big Read" WASHINGTON, DC/6/16/08--This September The Big Read is giving even more of the nation's cities and towns something to talk about. Today the National Endowment...
Bookstore Sales Rise For April ’08
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 19 - June 26, 2008 Edition Bookstore Sales Rise For April '08 WASHINGTON, DC/6/17/08--The U.S. Census Bureau last week reported bookstore sales rose 8.0%in April to $1.0 billion. The Bureau also revised its estimates for March down to $1.02...
