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...
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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...
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...
