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...
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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,...
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...
Bertelsmann Elects Gettkant to AG Supervisory Board
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...
Simon and Schuster Speakers Bureau Open for Business
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 26 - July 3, 2008 Edition Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau Open for Business NEW YORK/6/26/08--The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau, a new initiative that will bring a wide-ranging roster of bestselling, critically acclaimed, and expert...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
