MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 5 - 12, 2008 Edition Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Completes College Division Sale BOSTON/6/2/2008—Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company has announced the completion of the sale of the Houghton Mifflin College Division to Cengage Learning,...
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Random House/Zogby-Poll Finds Most Readers-Prefer Printed Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 5 - 12, 2008 Edition Random House/Zogby Poll Finds Most Readers Prefer Printed Books UTICA, NEW YORK/6/1/2008--Random House and Zogby International released an extensive survey May 30 that explores how and where readers shop, what makes them...
Borders Eliminates-20 Percent of Work Force-At Ann Arbor Headquarters
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 5 - 12, 2008 Edition Borders Eliminates 20 Percent of Work Force At Ann Arbor Headquarters ANN ARBOR, MICH/6/3/2008--Borders Group Inc.has eliminated 20 percent of its corporate workforce this week, including 156 jobs at its Ann Arbor...
Farley Named-Permanent Head-of Henry Holt
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 5 - 12, 2008 Edition Farley Named Permanent Head of Henry Holt NEW YORK, NY/6/3/2008--Dan Farley has been named permanent president and publisher of Henry Holt & Company. He has been heading the company as interim president since February,...
TRENDS Report Shows Publishers’ Net Revenues Rise 4.4%
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 5 - 12, 2008 Edition TRENDS Report Shows Publishers' Net Revenues Rise 4.4% New York, New York/5/31/2008--The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has just released figures from the upcoming 2008 edition of Book Industry TRENDS, the comprehensive...
Borders Sales-Lag; Amazon Relationship Ends
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 29 - June 5, 2008 Edition Borders Sales Lag; Amazon Relationship Ends ANN ARBOR, Mich., 5/27/2008--Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today reported that consolidated sales were down by 1.0% to $784.7 million for the first fiscal quarter, ended...
Books-A-Million Sales Decline In Fiscal Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 29 - June 5, 2008 Edition Books-A-Million Sales Decline In Fiscal Quarter BIRMINGHAM, AL/5/22/08--Books-A-Million fiscal 2009 sales for the 13-week period ending May 3, 2008 , fell 0.7% to $115.5 million from sales of $116.3 million in the...
Christian Publisher Baker Reports Solid Sales Gain
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 29 - June 5, 2008 Edition Christian Publisher Baker Reports Solid Sales Gain GRAND RAPIDS, MI/5/23/08--Baker Publishing Group, which publishes Evangelical Christian titles, earlier this week reported a 16% increase in sales to $57.9 milling for...
Microsoft Ends Live Book Search
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 29 - June 5, 2008 Edition Microsoft Ends Live Book Search 5/26/2008--Microsoft announced last Friday on its website that it is shutting down both its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic websites. Under the Books program, Microsoft had...
Barnes & Noble First Quarter Slow More Dips Ahead
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 29 - June 5, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble First Quarter Slow, More Dips Ahead NEW YORK, NY/5/22/08--Barnes & Noble, Inc. sales for the first quarter ended May 3, 2008 were up by only 1.1% to $1.2 billion. Barnes Barnes & Noble store sales...
