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...
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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...
Caldecott, Newbery Medal Award Winners Announced
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 17 - January 24, 2008 Edition Caldecott, Newbery Medal Award Winners Announced PHILADELPHIA, PA/1/14/08--Writer and illustrator Brian Selznick has been awarded the prestigious 2008 Randolph Caldecott Medal for the artwork in his book, The...
Independents Show Strong Growth In New Store Openings
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 17 - January 24, 2008 Edition Independents Show Strong Growth In New Store Openings TARRYTOWN, NY/1/14/08--The American Booksellers Association welcomed 115 new bookstores that opened for business in 2007. This was the third year in a row...
Bookstores Report Sales Increases For November
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 17 - January 24, 2008 Edition Bookstores Report Sales Increases For November WASHINGTON, DC/1/14/08--The U.S. Census Bureau reported that book sales rose 7.5% in November 2007 to $1.19 billion, compared to more modest overall retail sales...
McGraw-Hill-Restructures-Reduces Staff
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 10 - January 17, 2008 Edition McGraw-Hill Restructures, Reduces Staff NEW YORK, NY/1/9/23008--The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) announced this week that it restructured a limited number of business operations in the fourth quarter of...
HarperCollins Rushes Bhutto’s Last Book to Press
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 10 - January 17, 2008 Edition HarperCollins Rushes Bhutto's Last Book to Press NEW YORK, NY/1/8/08--HarperCollins will rush to release a book submitted by former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto just days before her Dec. 27...
B&N’s Center Stage Book Club Begins Year with Author Luanne Rice
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 10 - January 17, 2008 Edition B&N's Center Stage Book Club Begins Year with Author Luanne Rice NEW YORK, NY/01/08/08--Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest...
Soho Press To Launch Mystery Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 10 - January 17, 2008 Edition Soho Press To Launch Mystery Imprint NEW YORK, NY/1/8/08--Soho Press is launching a new mystery imprint, Soho Constable, in April 2008. The small New York house will publish U.S. editions from U.K.publisher,...
