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,...
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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...
ABFFE Condemns Indiana Bookstore Registration Law
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 3 - April 10, 2008 Edition ABFFE Condemns Indiana Bookstore Registration Law NEW YORK, NY/4/3/08--The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) last week condemned a new Indiana law that requires mainstream bookstores to...
Roaring Brook Press to Launch Macaulay Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 3 - April 10, 2008 Edition Roaring Brook Press to Launch Macaulay Imprint NEW YORK, NY/4/3/08--Roaring Brook Press, owned by Macmillan, will launch a new children's imprint, David Macaulay Studio, in 2011. Named for the award-winning author...
Books-A-Million Quarterly Sales Up Annual Figures Down
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 3 - April 10, 2008 Edition Books-A-Million Quarterly Sales Up, Annual Figures Down BIRMINGHAM, AL/03/26/08 -- Books-A-Million, Inc. reported a 3% increase in net sales for the fourth quarter of 2008, while comparable store sales fell 1.6%...
Amazon/BookSurge Controversy Draws Official Statements
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 3 - April 10, 2008 Edition Amazon/BookSurge Controversy Draws Official Statements SEATTLE, WA/LAVERGNE, TN/3/31/08--The heated controversy over whether Amazon will sell a POD book only if it has been printed by its subsidiary, BookSurge, has...
Some Say Amazon Bully Tactics Against Publishers May Violate Anti-Trust
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 3 - April 10, 2008 Edition Some Say Amazon's Bully Tactics Against Publishers May Violate Anti-Trust NEW YORK, NY/4/3/08--BookSurge, the print-on-demand subsidiary of Amazon.com, has caused controversy among a number of publishers after the...
Pen World Voices-Festival Features-New Events, Authors
GENERAL NEWS March 27 - Apr 03, 2008 Edition Pen World Voices Festival Features New Events, Authors NEW YORK CITY (March 20, 2008)—The event schedule and author line-up for the fourth annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature were announced...
Book Sales-Rise in 2008-AAP Reports
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 27 - Apr 03, 2008 Edition Book Sales Rise in 2008, AAP Reports New York, NY/3/25/2008--Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of January saw an increase of 7.2 percent for the month, the AP reported...
B&N, Borders-Showing Signs-of Slowing Economy
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 27 - Apr 03, 2008 Edition B&N, Borders Showing Signs of Slowing Economy NEW YORK, NY/3/27/2008--America's two largest retail bookstore chains both made the news last week as Borders Group, Inc. announced the retailer is now for sale, and...
