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...

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,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 5 - 12, 2008 Edition BookLocker Files Class Action Suit Against Amazon Bangor,Maine/6/2/2008--BookLocker.com, Inc., an independent print-on-demand (POD) publishing company, filed a class action antitrust suit against Amazon.com, Inc. and its...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 5 - 12, 2008 Edition ALA Conference To Examine "Libel Terrorism" Washington, DC, June 3, 2008: A program to be held at the American Library Association’s 2008 Annual Conference will take a long, hard look at the use of foreign libel laws as a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...