MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 31 - February 7, 2008 Edition Penguin to Publish Famous Classics In South Korea NEW YORK, NY/1/28/08--Penguin has signed an agreement with Woongjin Think Big Co., Ltd., one of the largest trade publishers in South Korea, to publish its...
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Penguin Canada-Re Focuses Fiction Unit Enters Custom Publishing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 31 - February 7, 2008 Edition Penguin Canada Refocuses Fiction Unit, Enters Custom Publishing CANADA/1/29/08--Penguin Group Canada has restructured its editorial department to sharpen its focus in literary and commercial fiction and to...
RH Adult Trade Unit Realigns Sales Force
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 31 - February 7, 2008 Edition RH Adult Trade Unit Realigns Sales Force NEW YORK, NY/1/29/08--Random House Adult Trade Group has realigned its sales force under the new leadership of senior vice president Jaci Updike, who assumed the post...
News Corp Judith Regan Settle Law Suit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 31 - February 7, 2008 Edition News Corp, Judith Regan Settle Law Suit NEW YORK, NY/1/25/08--Judith Regan and News Corporation announced today that they have settled her lawsuit arising from the termination of Ms. Regan’s employment in...
Santa Fe Historical Task Force Calls For Manuscripts
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 31 - February 7, 2008 Edition Santa Fe Historical Task Force Calls For Manuscripts SANTA FE, NM/1/29/08--A Santa Fe, New Mexico historical group is seeking manuscripts for publication as part of the 400th Commemoration on the Founding of...
S&S Names Elinor Hirschhorn Executive VP, Chief Digital Officer
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 31 - February 7, 2008 Edition BREAKING NEWS! S&S Names Elinor Hirschhorn Executive VP, Chief Digital Officer NEW YORK, February 4—Elinor Hirschhorn has been named to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Chief Digital...
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...
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...
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....
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...
