MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 27 - Apr 03, 2008 Edition Penguin UK Launches Downloadable Short Stories by Top Authors NEW YORK, NY/3/27/2008--Starting 18 March, Penguin UK launched its most ambitious digital writing project to date. In collaboration with fêted alternate...
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Penguin Releases-Chinese Bestseller-Wolf Totem
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 27 - Apr 03, 2008 Edition Penguin Releases Chinese Bestseller Wolf Totem NEW YORK, NY/3/27/2008--Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, today will release the acclaimed Chinese novel, Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong in the USA. The...
CBC Announces-Finalists for First-Choice Awards
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 27 - Apr 03, 2008 Edition CBC Announces Finalists for First Choice Awards NEW YORK, NY/3/25/12008--The Children's Book Council (CBC) in association with the CBC Foundation, launches the Children's Choice Book Awards program with the...
Year-End Report Shows Hachette Performed Well
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Year-End Report Shows Hachette Performed Well PARIS/3/13/08-- Lagardere SCA, the French publishing and media giant, reported yesterday that Hachette publishing units in the U.S. and Canada contributed 18% (about...
Penguin Launches E-Book Classics With Added Features
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Penguin Launches E-Book Classics With Added Features NEW YORK, NY/3/17/08--Penguin Group (USA) will launch a line of classics in e-book format this May, beginning with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The new...
Regnery Wins Arbitration Suit Against Miniter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Regnery Wins Arbitration Suit Against Miniter WASHINGTON, DC/3/18/08--Regnery Publishing won an arbitration hearing March 14 , allowing it to recover a $150,000 advance paid to author Richard Miniter for a two book...
Small Christian Press Battles RWA Policies
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Small Christian Press Battles RWA Policies Tsaba House, a California-based Christian book publisher may take legal action against the Romance Writers of America for refusing to admit one of its authors as a nominee...
Bookstore Sales Show Solid Gains In January
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Bookstore Sales Show Solid Gains In January WASHINGTON, DC/3/14/08--Bookstore sales for January 2008 showed a solid 4.7% increase to $2.28 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, close to overall retail sales...
Random House Sees Lower 2007 Revenues Impacted By Weak Dollar
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 20 - March 27, 2008 Edition Random House Sees Lower 2007 Revenues Impacted By Weak Dollar BERLIN/3/18/08Random House, the leading global trade book publisher, recorded lower revenues and operating profit in 2007 than in the previous year, it...
Whitcoulls Cancels-Plans to Buy-Borders Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Whitcoulls Cancels Plans to Buy Borders Books ANN ARBOR, MICH/3/12/2008--A&R Whitcoulls has ended plans to buy bookseller Borders Group, Inc. Talks about strategic alternatives for Borders' Australian and New...
