MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 08 Edition Donald Rumsfeld to Publish Memoirs with Penguin's Sentinel NEW YORK, NY/4/14/2008--Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has agreed to write his memoirs for the Sentinel imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., it...
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Balzer and Bray Move to Harper to Start Kids Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 2008 Edition Balzer and Bray Move to Harper to Start Kids Imprint NEW YORK, NY/4/15/08--HarperCollins has enticed three key executives away from Disney's Hyperion within less than two weeks. Following longtime Hyperion...
ABFFE, Media Coalition To File Case Against Indiana Registration Law
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 2008 Edition ABFFE, Media Coalition To File Case Against Indiana Registration Law NEW YORK, NY/4/15/08--The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) has joined the Media Coalition, to prepare a court case...
Borders’ Annual Sales Flat; Pershing Lends $42.5 Million
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 2008 Edition Borders' Annual Sales Flat; Pershing Lends $42.5 Million WASHINGTON, DC/4/14/07--Borders Group, Inc. filed its 10-K annual report with the SEC April 14, reflecting activity for the fiscal year ended February 2,...
Stinehour Press Closing Virginia Printing Facility
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 10 - April 17, 2008 Edition Stinehour Press Closing Virginia Printing Facility LUNDENBURG, VT/4/9/08--The Steinhour Press, well-known full-service printer of illustrated books, is shutting down this month after fifty years in the business....
Borders to Honor riginal Voices Wnners at Ceremony
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 10 - April 17, 2008 Edition Borders to Honor Original Voices Winners at Ceremony ANN ARBOR, MI/4/8/08--Borders Group Chief Executive Officer George Jones will lead the retailer's 12th annual Original Voices Awards ceremony at 5:30 p.m. April...
Amazon, Penguin Reveal Breakthrough Novel Award Winner
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 10 - April 17, 2008 Edition Amazon, Penguin Reveal Breakthrough Novel Award Winner NEW YORK, NY/4/7/08--Amazon.com, Inc., Penguin Group (USA) and HP named Bill Loehfelm the winner of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, the contest in search...
Amazon Policy Concerns Many In Publishing Industry
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 10 - April 17, 2008 Edition Latest Update Amazon Policy Concerns Many In Publishing Industry UPDATE: NEW YORK, NY/4/10/2008--The Washington Attorney General's Antitrust Division has advised Amazon.com of concerns it has received from...
Borders’ Revised Financing May Boost Acquisition Appeal
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 10 - April 17, 2008 Edition Borders Revised Financing May Boost Acquisition Appeal ANN ARBOR, MI/4/10/08Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) early this week finalized a revised financing agreement with Pershing Square Capital Management,...
Random House Buys Sony Readers for Staff
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 3 - April 10, 2008 Edition Random House Buys Sony Readers for Staff NEW YORK, NY/4/1/08--Several hundred Random House employees will soon be equipped with their own Sony Readers. In an effort to cut paper waste and speed up the manuscript...
