MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 26 - July 3, 2008 Edition RC2 Corporation to Acquire Publications International's Children’s Publishing Unit OAK BROOK, IL/6/23/08--RC2 Corporation has signed definitive purchase agreements to acquire the Children’s Publishing Division (“CPD”)...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...