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...
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Donald Rumsfeld to Publish Memoirs with Penguin’s Sentinel
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...
Patricia Cornwell Novels to Be Adapted for Lifetime TV
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 2008 Edition Patricia Cornwell's Novels to Be Adapted for Lifetime TV LOS ANGELES, CA/4/14/08--In a ground-breaking agreement, Lifetime Television will become the first network ever to adapt acclaimed international author...
Booksellers Elated Over Internet Tax Law Passage in New York
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 2008 Edition Booksellers Elated Over Internet Tax Law Passage in New York NEW YORK, NY/4/12/08--The American Booksellers Association last week praised the New York State Legislature for passing an Internet Sales Tax provision,...
Regnery Announces Plans to Publish Chuck Norris
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 17 - April 24, 2008 Edition Regnery Announces Plans to Publish Chuck Norris WASHINGTON, DC/4/15/08Regnery Publishing today announced it has signed a contract with actor, martial arts expert, and bestselling author Chuck Norris. His new...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
