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...

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...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 27 - Apr 03, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble Launches the How-To Website, Quamut.com New York, NY/3/25/2008--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, announced yesterday that it has launched Quamut.com, a new how-to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...