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...
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Barnes & Noble Chairman Buys More Stock as Earnings Dip
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble Chairman Buys More Stock as Earnings Dip NEW YORK, NY/3/10/08The chairman of Barnes & Noble Inc., which operates the world's largest chain of retail book stores, bought 890,000 shares of...
Ingram Digital Structures For Further Growth
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Ingram Digital Structures For Further Growth LaVERGNE, TN/3/10/08--Ingram Digital, an Ingram Content company, has announced that it is enhancing the structure of its organization in order to meet the increasing...
Publishers Committed To Curbin Environmental Impact, Study Shows
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Publishers Committed To Curbing Environmental Impact, Study Shows NEW YORK, NY/3/10/08-A new report, from the Green Press Initiative and Book Industry Study Group, reveals that the U.S. book industry emits more...
Audible Shareholders Okay Sale to Amazon Despite Red Oak Protest
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Audible Shareholders Okay Sale to Amazon Despite Red Oak Protest NEW YORK, NY/3/11/08--Stockholders of Audible.com approved Amazon.com's offer to acquire the company at $11.50 per share, despite a protest by Red...
NY Booksellers Urged to Back E-Fairness Effort
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition NY Booksellers Urged to Back E-Fairness Effort NEW YORK, NY/3/10/08--The American Booksellers Association last week called on member bookstores in New York State to voice their support for the Internet Sales Tax...
Book Critics Announce 2007 Winners
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 14 - March 20, 2008 Edition Book Critics Announce 2007 Winners NEW YORK, NY/3/10/08--The National Book Critics Circle Awards , last week announced winners of its 2007 Book Awards in New York City. Awards are in categories: of fiction, general...
Norman Mailer Widow to Write Family Memoir
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 6 - March 13, 2008 Edition Norman Mailer's Widow to Write Family Memoir NEW YORK, NY/3/6/08--Random House has acquired world rights to a memoir to be written by Norris Church Mailer, widow of the celebrated author Norman Mailer. David...
Barnes & Noble Downgraded to Neutral
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 6 - March 13, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble Downgraded to "Neutral" NEW YORK, NY/3/4/08--Credit Suisse has downgraded the stock rating for Barnes & Noble, Inc. from "outperform" to "neutral," and has reduced the...
Rodale Names Karen Rinaldi Publishing Director
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 6 - March 13, 2008 Edition Rodale Names Karen Rinaldi Publishing Director NEW YORK, NY/3/6/08--Rodale Inc. announced early this week that it has appointed Karen Rinaldi as SVP, General Manager and Publishing Director, Rodale Books, effective...
