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...
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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...
Simon & Schuster-Revenues Slump in Fourth-Quarter-Up for Full Year
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...
Janet Silver Joins-Nan A Talese-After HMH Shuffle
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...
Reed Suspends-Support of Quill-Awards Program
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,...
Penguin Books India-Teams With Mobifusion-To Reach Mobile Users
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...
Random House-Acquires Architectural-Publisher Monacelli
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...
PW For Sale; Nielsen’s Book Standard Shuts
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...
ABA, AAP See Gain in Book Sales For the Year
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 21 - February 28, 2008 Edition ABA, AAP See Gain in Book Sales For the Year NEW YORK, NY/2/21/08--Two publishing associations last week reported encouraging improvements in book sales for 2007. The American Booksellers Association February...
Borders Unveils First Concept Store Digital Features Abound
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 21 - February 28, 2008 Edition Borders Unveils First Concept Store; Digital Features Abound ANN ARBOR, MI/02/21/08—Borders will unveil the first of its highly anticipated new concept stores February 22 with the grand opening of its...
