MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 24 - January 31, 2008 Edition HarperOne Offers Huston Smith Prize For Best Religious Work SAN FRANCISCO, CA/1/21/08--HarperOne, a division of HarperCollins, has established The Huston Smith Publishing Prize, to be awarded to one author each...
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Meredith Corp Cuts Staff, Forms Retail Division
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 24 - January 31, 2008 Edition Meredith Corp. Cuts Staff, Forms Retail Division DES MOINES, IOWA/1/21/08--Meredith Corp, based in Des Moines, Iowa, last week laid off 20 employees and has reassigned another 15 employees. The company, which...
S&S Names Painton to Oversee Adult Trade Editorial
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 24 - January 31, 2008 Edition S&S Names Painton to Oversee Adult Trade Editorial NEW YORK, NY/1/21/08--Priscilla Painton, former editor at Time, has been named editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster's Adult Trade Division, effective March 3....
Cellphone Novels Hit Bestseller Lists In Japanese Market
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 24 - January 31, 2008 Edition Cellphone Novels Hit Bestseller Lists In Japanese Market TOKYO/1/20/08--According to The New York Times , five novels that originated as cell phone novels--tapped out on phone keypads by young women with...
Canada’s Largest Book Printer Files For Court Protection
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 24 - January 31, 2008 Edition Canada's Largest Book Printer Files For Court Protection MONTREAL/1/22/08--Quebecor World Inc., one of the largest book printing firm in the U.S. and Canada, has filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a...
Universities Agree-to AAP Guidelines-For Digital Content
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 17 - January 24, 2008 Edition Universities Agree To AAP Guidelines For Digital Content New York, NY/1/17/2007--The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today announced that three universitiesHofstra, Syracuse and Marquettehave reached...
Canada’s Christian Word Guild Association Becomes Independent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 17 - January 24, 2008 Edition Canada's Christian Word Guild Association Becomes Independent TORANTO, CA/1/11/08--The Word Guild, Canada's largest association of writers and editors who are Christian, is celebrating its sixth anniversary...
Penguin Takes Top Four Bestseller Slots On January Times List
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 17 - January 24, 2008 Edition Penguin Takes Top Four Bestseller Slots On January Times List NEW YORK, NY/1/11/08--Penguin Group (USA) holds four of the seven #1 adult slots on The New York Times bestseller lists, for the fourth time in five...
Harcourt’s San Diego Offices to Shut Down As Part of HMH Merger
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 17 - January 24, 2008 Edition Harcourt's San Diego Offices to Shut Down As Part of HMH Merger SAN DIEGO, CA/1/5/08--Harcourt's San Diego-based trade division will shut down June 30, according to a recent report in PW. The move is...
Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists For Annual Awards
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 17 - January 24, 2008 Edition Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists For Annual Awards NEW YORK, NY/1/12/08--In keeping with its goal to represent book culture throughout the nation, the National Book Critics Circle met in San Francisco...
