MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 6 - March 13, 2008 Edition Penguin Launches Personality-Driven Hispanic Imprint NEW YORK, NY/3/8/08--Penguin Group (USA) last week announced it will launch Celebra, the first imprint to exclusively publish mainstream Hispanic personalities,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 6 - March 13, 2008 Edition Harlequin Sales Decline in 4th Quarter, Profits Also Sag TORONTO, CANADA/3/8/08--The book publishing unit of Torstar Corporation, which includes Harlequin Enterprises, reported this week that book publishing...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 6 - March 13, 2008 Edition Penguin USA Delivers Strong Results in 2007 NEW YORK, NY/3/6/08--Penguin Group USA played a prominent role in the success this year of Penguin Group [all companies around the world, including DK].This week Penguin...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 6 - March 13, 2008 Edition Barnes & Noble Expects Tough Year Ahead NEW YORK, NY/3/6/08--Barnes & Noble, Inc. this week said recessionary pressures in this uncertain economic environment "will make 2008 an especially challenging...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 28 - March 6, 2008 Edition PW For Sale; Nielsen's Book Standard Shuts NEW YORK, NY/2/28/2008--Fissures in the U.S. book publishing industry grew wider last week as a key media company, Reed Elsevier, announced it is shifting away from book...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 28 - March 6, 2008 Edition Random House Acquires Architectural Publisher Monacelli NEW YORK, NY/2/26/2008—The Monacelli Press, a leading visual arts book publisher, has been acquired by Random House, Inc., the world's largest trade book...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 28 - March 6, 2008 Edition Penguin Books India Teams With Mobifusion To Reach Mobile Users Gurgaon, India//28/2008--Asia's biggest English language publisher Penguin Books India announced last week that it is entering into a partnership...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 28 - March 6, 2008 Edition Reed Suspends Support of Quill Awards Program NEW YORK, NY/2/26/2008--Reed Business Information, which owns and plans to sell Publishers Weekly, has announced it will suspend support of the Quill Awards program,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 28 - March 6, 2008 Edition Janet Silver Joins Nan A.Talese After HMH Shuffle NEW YORK, NY/2/28/2008--Janet Silver, who spent 24 years at Houghton Mifflin, most recently as vice president and publisher, has joined Doubleday's Nan A. Talese...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 28 - March 6, 2008 Edition Simon & Schuster Revenues Slump in Fourth Quarter; Up for Full Year NEW YORK, NY/2/26/2008--Simon & Schuster's revenues for the fourth quarter of 2007 decreased 4% to $242.3 million from $252.5 million...