MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 21 - February 28, 2008 Edition BISG to Explore How Publishers Cope in Digital Age NEW YORK, NY/2/21/08--The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and The Idea Logical Company has launched a survey to understand how publishers are engaging in...
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CBS Films Options Feature Films Based On Flynn’s Mitch Rapp
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 21 - February 28, 2008 Edition CBS Films Options Feature Films Based On Flynn's Mitch Rapp NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/02/21/08--CBS Films and Simon & Schuster/Atria Books-both divisions of CBS Corporation, reached film and publishing...
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...
S&S Childrens-Unit Re-Structures-Cuts Three Jobs
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 21 - February 27, 2008 Edition S&S Childrens Unit Re-Structures, Cuts Three Jobs NEW YORK, NY/2/20/2008--Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has reorganized the division into three units, and has cut three staff positions, according to...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
