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...
Hollywood Book Festival Recognizes Books Suited to Film
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 21 - February 28, 2008 Edition Hollywood Book Festival Recognizes Books Suited to Film LOS ANGELES/2/21/08--The 2008 Hollywood Book Festival will kick off its annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the film,...
Andrew Weil Protegee to Write Book On Stress
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 21 - February 28, 2008 Edition Andrew Weil Protegee to Write Book On Stress NEW YORK, NY/2/21/08--Random House will publish an innovative book on stress by Roberta Lee, M.D., who trained with Andrew Weil, it was announced last week by Gina...
