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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...

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%...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Penguin Launches-Downloadable Short-Stories by Top Authors

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...

Barnes & Noble-Launches the How-To-Website, Quamut.com

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...

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...

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...