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,...
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Raincoast Books Closes Publishing Unit To Focus on Distribution Business
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 10 - January 17, 2008 Edition Raincoast Books Closes Publishing Unit To Focus on Distribution Business VANCOUVER, BC/1/9/08--Raincoast Books, the Vancouver-based co-publisher and distributor of the Harry Potter series, is closing its...
Striking Writers Guild Signs Independent Agreement With UA
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 10 - January 17, 2008 Edition Striking Writers Guild Signs Independent Agreement With UA LOS ANGELES/1/7/08--The Writers Guild of America and legendary United Artists Films have reached an independent agreement that will allow Guild members...
Farley Leaves HM Trade Gentel Heads Newly Merged Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 10 - January 17, 2008 Edition Farley Leaves HM Trade, Gentel Heads Newly Merged Houghton Mifflin Harcourt NEW YORK, NY/1/8/08--Gary Gentel, interim president of Houghton Mifflin Trade & Reference Group, has been named president of the...
Baker & Taylor CEO Resigns; Eugster Appointed Chairman
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 10 - January 17, 2008 Edition Baker & Taylor CEO Resigns; Eugster Appointed Chairman CHARLOTTE, NC/1/4/08--Baker & Taylor, Inc. announced today that Richard Willis has resigned as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Baker & Taylor, one...
Borders Launches-Co-Branded Online-E-Book Store with Sony
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 3 - January 10, 2008 Edition Borders Launches Co-Branded Online E-Book Store with Sony ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 2, 2008--Borders® announced on December 20 that it has launched a co-branded online store with support from Sony offering digital...
Scholastic Reports Q2 Solid Results, Plans To Sell Home Unit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 3 - January 10, 2008 Edition Scholastic Reports Q2 Solid Results, Plans To Sell Home Unit NEW YORK, NY/12/20/07--Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) today reported results for the fiscal second quarter ended November 30, 2007. The Company...
Bertelsmann Halts Plan To Buy Remaining Shares of RTL
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 3 - January 10, 2008 Edition Bertelsmann Halts Plan To Buy Remaining Shares of RTL Gütersloh/12/20/07--In a late-breaking statement during the holidays, Bertelsmann revealed it will not proceed with its previously-announced voluntary public...
U.S., Experts Ponder State of Book Industry Dying or Re-emerging?
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 20 - December 27, 2007 Edition U.S. Experts Ponder State of Book Industry: Dying or Re-emerging? NEW YORK, NY/12/18/07--NPR's recent book report in its On the Media segment continues to reverberate in several blog discussions this week,...
Random House To Publish Morgan Spurlock’s New Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 20 - December 27, 2007 Edition Random House To Publish Spurlock's Book on Bin Laden Morgan Spurlock, award-winning writer, producer and director of Super Size Me, will come to Random House for his new book, WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN...
