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...
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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...
Zogby Survey To Reveal–Where, How People Buy and Read Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 29 - June 5, 2008 Edition Zogby Survey To Reveal American Habits of Book Buying and Reading NEW YORK, NY/5/29/08--John Zogby, one of the leading voices in the public opinion research industry, and his firm Zogby International have partnered...
New Rumors-Surface on B&N Buyout-of Borders
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 22 - 29, 2008 Edition New Rumors Surface on B&N Buyout of Borders Barnes & Noble, Inc. is still considering the acquisition of competitor Borders Group Inc., according to May 21 reports from both Reuters and Associated Press. Rumblings of the...
Glenn Beck Signs-New Two Book Deal With Threshold
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 22 - May 29, 2008 Edition Glenn Beck Signs New Two-Book Deal With Threshold NEW YORK, NY/5/19/08 --Glenn Beck, the phenomenally popular radio and television personality and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller AN INCONVENIENT BOOK, has...
Thriller Writers Launch New Audio Initiative With Audible
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 22 - May 29, 2008 Edition Thriller Writers Launch New Audio Initiative With Audible NEWARK, NJ/5/20/08--The leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary has...
McGraw-Hill Cuts 395 Jobs in Financial And Educational Units
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 22 - May 29, 2008 Edition McGraw-Hill Cuts 395 Jobs in Financial And Educational Units NEW YORK, NY/5/20/08--The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) announced that it is restructuring a limited number of business operations in its Financial...
Hastings Entertainment Reports Record First Quarter Earnings
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 22 - May 29, 2008 Edition Hastings Entertainment Reports Record First Quarter Earnings AMARILLO, TX/5/19/08--Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment retailer, today reported results for the three months...
