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...
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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...
Publishers Applaud Priority Watch List For Pirated Works
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1 - May 9, 2008 Edition Publishers Applaud Priority Watch List For Pirated Works WASHININGTON, DC/4/28/08--The Association of American Publishers (AAP) welcomed Friday’s release of the annual Special 301 report by the Office of the United...
Liz Perl to Join S&S As Senior VP
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1 - May 9, 2008 Edition Liz Perl to Join S&S As Senior VP NEW YORK, NY/4/28/08--Liz Perl, Vice President and Publisher of Trade Books at Rodale since 2005, will join Simon & Schuster May 19 as senior vice president of marketing for adult...
Simon & Schuster Sales Decline12% In First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1 - May 9, 2008 Edition Simon & Schuster Sales Decline 12% In First Quarter NEW YORK, NY/4/29/08--Simon & Schuster's publishing revenues fell for the first quarter of 2008 by 12% to $201.6 million from $229.3 million for the same prior-year...
Bookstore Sales Rise for 8th Straight Month
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 21 - May 1, 2008 Edition Bookstore Sales Rise for 8th Straight Month NEW YORK, NY/4/22/08--Preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census reflect an increase in bookstore sales in February 2008 of 11.4 percent, compared to...
Reed Elsevier-Year-end Report-Shows Strong Results
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 21 - May 1, 2008 Edition Reed Elsevier Year-end Report Shows Strong Results LONDON/4/23/2008--Jan Hommen, Chairman of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV, told shareholders at the Reed Elsevier PLC annual meeting in London...
Pocket to Publish Sports Super Agent David Falk’s Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 24 - May 1, 2008 Edition Pocket to Publish Sports Super Agent David Falk's Book NEW YORK, NY/4/21/08--Louise Burke, Pocket Books’ Executive Vice President and Publisher, has announced that Pocket will publish THE BALD TRUTH by top...
Publishers Sue Georgia University for Copyright Violation
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 24 - May 1, 2008 Edition Publishers Sue Georgia University For Copyright Violation ATLANTA, GA/4/27/08--A group of publishers filed suit in federal court early last week to stop widespread copyright infringement at Georgia State University...
Bertelsmann Initiative Seeks to Recruit Top Young Talent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 24 - May 1, 2008 Edition Bertelsmann Initiative Seeks to Recruit Top Young Talent Gütersloh/4/17/08--Bertelsmann AG, which owns Random House in the US, has announced a new initiative to recruit top talent under the heading “Create...
