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...
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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...
ISBN Agency Revises Prediction For 979 Prefix Usage
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 19 - June 26, 2008 Edition ISBN Agency Updates Prediction For 979-Prefix Usage NEW YORK, NY/6/17/08--The International ISBN Agency has told Authorlink that it is revising its prediction of when the new 979 prefix will begin appearing in ISBN...
Bertelsmann Shuts Chinese Retail Bookstore Chain
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 19 - June 26, 2008 Edition Bertelsmann Shuts Chinese Retail Bookstore Chain HONG KONG/6/16/08--Bertelsmann AG, which owns Random House in the USA, will shut down its Beijing 21st Century Book Store chain by July 31, ending a 12 year effort to...
Harper Studio Team Shaping Up
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 12 - June 19, 2008 Edition Harper Studio Team Shaping Up The new Harper Studio imprint at HarperCollins is staffing up under the direction of Publisher Robert S. (Bob) Miller. Debbie Stier joins Studio as senior vice president and associate...
Nelson Combines Christian Sales Divisions
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 12 - June 19, 2008 Edition Thomas Nelson Combines Christian Sales Divisions NEW YORK, NY/6/9/08--Thomas Nelson, publisher of Bibles, Christian fiction and nonfiction books, is merging its two Christian sales divisions into a single group to be...
Ingram Folds Lightning Source Into New Strucutre
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 12 - June 19, 2008 Edition Ingram Folds Lightning Source Into New Structure NASHVILLE/6/12/08--John Ingram, Chairman of the Ingram Content Companies, announced last Thursday that the company would fold the leading print-on-demand publisher,...
