MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition Ingram Joins ABA to Educate Indy Booksellers NEW YORK, NY/4/2/2008--The American Booksellers Association announced yesterday that it has formed a new strategic partnership with Ingram Book Company and Ingram Publisher...
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PEN Petitions-China To Free-Jailed Writers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition PEN Petitions China To Free Jailed Writers New York, May 2, 2008--Salman Rushdie, Francine Prose, Edward Albee, Rick Moody and Ma Jian were among writers attending a press conference last Thursday, at which the PEN...
NY Times Says-Random House CEO-May Leave Bertelsmann
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition NY Times Says Random House CEO May Leave Bertelsmann NEW YORK, NY/5/5/2008--The New York Times today ran an unconfirmed report that Random House CEO Peter Olson will leave RH and its parent company, Bertelsmann, within...
ABA Revamps Indy-Book Sense Program-To Rise to New
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition ABA Revamps Indy Book Sense Program To Rise to New Era NEW YORK, NY/5/6/2008--The American Booksellers Association (ABA) will formally unveil its new, as-yet-unnamed imitative in independent bookselling at its...
Title: Marvel Publishing-Sales Drop 4%-In First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 8 - May 15, 2008 Edition Marvel Publishing Sales Drop 4% In First Quarter Marvel Publishing, one of the world's largest comic book publishers and a division of Marvel Publishing, reported a net sales declined by $1.0 million or 4% to $26.5...
Penguin, DK to Publish Star Wars® The Clone Wars
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1 - May 9, 2008 Edition Penguin, DK to Publish Star Wars®: The Clone Wars NEW YORK & LONDON/4/29/08-- The Penguin Group will publish a series of books based on the upcoming feature film and television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which...
McGraw-Hill Revenues Decline In First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1 - May 9, 2008 Edition McGraw-Hill Revenues Decline In First Quarter NEW YORK, NY/4/29/08--The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) today reported a significant drop in earnings per share of $0.25 in the first quarter of 2008 compared to $0.40...
Publishers Join Legal Battle Against Oregon Censorship Law
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1 - May 9, 2008 Edition Publishers Join Legal Battle Against Oregon Censorship Law WASHINGTON, DC/4/28/08-The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has joined with six Oregon booksellers, the ACLU of Oregon, and a host of others in...
Del Rey to Offer-Free Downloads-of STAR WARS
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1 - May 9, 2008 Edition Del Rey to Offer Free Downloads of STAR WARS NEW YORK, NY/4/29/08--As a special gift to STAR WARS fans, Del Rey will be offering Book One in the series, STAR WARS: LEGACY OF THE FORCE: BETRAYAL, as a free downloadable...
BISG Certifies Hachette, S&S And Waterford
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1 - May 9, 2008 Edition BISG "Certifies" Hachette, S&S And Waterford NEW YORK, NY/4/28/08--The Hachette Book Group USA, Simon & Schuster and Waterford Press are the first publishers to have their product data certified by BISG under the Product...
