MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 13 - December 20, 2007 Edition Borders Group Names Former B&N Exec To Borders Board ANN ARBOR, MI/12/6/07--Borders Group, Inc. has appointed Michael G. Archbold to the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Archbold is...
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Book Critics’ Survey Shows Few Changes In Reviewing Ethics
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 13 - December 20, 2007 Edition Book Critics' Survey Shows Few Changes In Reviewing Ethics NEW YORK,NY/12/11/07--The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) has release the first survey conducted in some 20 years, titled "The Ethics of...
John Wiley Shows Strong Second Half Boosted by Blackwell
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 13 - December 20, 2007 Edition John Wiley Shows Strong Second Half, Boosted by Blackwell HOBOKEN, NJ/12/10/07--John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced that revenue for the second quarter and first-half of fiscal year 2008 advanced 49% and...
National Endowment For Arts Grants $1 Million In Fellowships to Writers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 13 - December 20, 2007 Edition National Endowment For Arts Grants $1 Million In Fellowships to Writers WASHINGTON, DC/12/4/07-- In its first major grant announcement of fiscal year 2008, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has...
Tor Books, Seven Seas Team Up to Form New Manga Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 13 - December 20, 2007 Edition Tor Books, Seven Seas Team Up to Form New Manga Imprint NEW YORK, NY/12/6/07--Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC--the largest publisher of science fiction in the world--has formed a new...
S&S to Add Beacon Street Girls to Its List Beginning in May 2008
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 13 - December 20, 2007 Edition S&S to Add Beacon Street Girls to Its List Beginning in May 2008 NEW YORK/12/10/07--Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, one of the leading children's book publishers in the world, and B*tween...
Monti Named Paperback Director at Little Brown
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 6 - December 13, 2007 Edition Monti Named Paperback Director at Little Brown NEW YORK, NY/12/4/07--Little Brown Books for Young Readers has named Joseph Monti as director of the paperback unit. In addition to managing the imprint's young...
Bertelsmann Admits Plans To Acquire UK’s Leading Broadcaster
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 6 - December 13, 2007 Edition Bertelsmann Admits Plans To Acquire UK's Leading Broadcaster /12/4/07--Bertelsmann AG, parent company of Random House in the USA, said in a prepared statement today that it is entertaining a deal to acquire...
Books-A-Million Reports 6.3% Gain In Third Quarter Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 6 - December 13, 2007 Edition Books-A-Million Reports 6.3% Gain In Third Quarter Sales BIRMINGHAM, AL/11/27/07--Books-A-Million, Inc. has reported a 6.3% increase in net sales for the 13-week third quarter ending November 3, 2007 to $117.7...
Houghton Mifflin Gets Court Okay to Acquire Harcourt
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 6 - December 13, 2007 Edition Houghton Mifflin Gets Court Okay to Acquire Harcourt NEW YORK, NY/12/5/07--HM Riverdeep, the Ireland-based parent company of US educational publisher Houghton Mifflin, received U.S. Justice Department approval...
