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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Penguin USA Delivers Strong Results in 2007

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...

Harlequin Sales Decline in Last Quarter Profits Also Sag

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...

Penguin Launches Personality Driven Hispanic Imprint

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,...

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...

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...