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...
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O’Reilly Teen Panel-Turns Up Surprises-On Digital Lifestyles
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 14 - February 21, 2008 Edition O'Reilly Teen Panel Turns Up Surprises On Digital Lifestyles NEW YORK, NY/2/14/2006--A group of six teenagers ranging from 13 to 20 gave some surprising insights into their digital lifestyles February 13...
CIP Schedules Fourth Annual Writers Round Table
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 14 - February 21, 2008 Edition CIP Schedules Fourth Annual Writers Round Table NEW YORK, NY/2/11/08--The New York Center for Independent Publishing is sponsoring the fourth annual New York Round Table® Writers’ Conference, to be...
Lagardere Publishing Reports 8.6% Increase Driven by Hachette
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 14 - February 21, 2008 Edition Lagardere Publishing Reports 8.6% Increase Driven by Hachette PARIS/2/8/08--Worldwide revenues at Lagardere Publishing (formerly the Book division) grew 8.6% in 2007, to 2.13 billion euros ($2.77 billion),...
Bowker Launches-Real Time Catalogue Sharing System
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 14 - February 21, 2008 Edition Bowker Launches Real-Time Catalogue Sharing System NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ/2/12/08--Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management, last week announced the launch of a pilot project to increase...
Striking Writers Due to Resume Work This Week
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 14 - February 21, 2008 Edition Striking Writers Due to Resume Work This week HOLLYWOOD, CA/2/11/08--Hollywood writers were expected to return to work the week of February 11, ending a costly three-month-old writers strike by the Writers...
Harper Offers Full Title Access; Helps Authors Promote
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 14 - February 21, 2008 Edition Harper Offers Full Title Access; Helps Authors Promote NEW YORK, NY/2/11/08--HarperCollins will now give full online access to some of its titles, according to The New York Times. The publisher has been...
Publishers Prepare-For Transformation-At OReilly Event
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 14 - February 21, 2008 Edition Publishers Prepare For Transformation At OReilly Event NEW YORK, NY/2/12/2008--Todays publishers face a gaping landscape of technological change, from everywhere they turn-- in writing and development,...
Publishers Support-Valerie Plame-in CIA Lawsuit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 7 - February 14, 2008 Edition Publishers Support Valerie Plame in CIA Lawsuit Washington, DC, 2/6/2008--The Association of American Publishers (AAP), joined by 11 groups representing a wide spectrum of media and free-speech interests, is...
Court Dismisses Authors’ Case Against Regnery
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 7 - February 14, 2008 Edition Court Dismisses Authors' Case Against Regnery WASHINGTON, DC/2/5/08--A federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit filed in November by five authors against Regnery Publishing's parent company, Eagle...
