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...
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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...
Higher Court Voids Ruling to Pay Writers for Web Reproductions
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 6 - December 13, 2007 Edition Higher Court Voids Ruling to Pay Writers for Web Reproductions WASHINGTON, DC/12/4/07--The United States Court of Appeals in Manhattan Friday voided a 2005 court settlement that provided modest payments to...
News Corp Dispels Rumors of Linkedin Social Network Takeover
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 6 - December 13, 2007 Edition News Corp Dispels Rumors of Linkedin Social Network Takeover NEW YORK,NY/12/3/07--Rumors that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is holding takeover discussions with Linkedin, the social network, are false, according...
Book Sales-Up for September-AAP Reports
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 29 - December 6, 2007 Edition Book Sales Up for September AAP Reports New York, NY/11/28/2007--Book sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) for the month of September saw an increase of 5.7 percent for the month;...
Barnes & Noble Offers Deep Discounts For Books During Holiday Season
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 29 - December 6, 2007 Edition Barnes & Noble Offers Deep Discounts For Books During Holiday Season NEW YORK/NY/11/27/07--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced that Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com )...
Elizabeth Law Named Publisher of Edgmont’s New USA Division
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 29 - December 6, 2007 Edition Elizabeth Law Named Publisher of Egmont's New USA Division NEW YORK/NY/11/27/07--Elizabeth Law, formerly vice president and associate publisher of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, has been named vice...
Overlook Press Publisher To Be Honored At Indie Publishing Benefit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 29 - December 6, 2007 Edition Overlook Press Publisher to be Honored At Indie Publishing Benefit NEW YORK/NY/11/27/07--Peter Mayer, publisher of Overlook Press, will be this yearÂ’s recipient of the New York Center for Independent...
Opperman Acquires Phoenix New Millennium Audio/Book Publisher
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 29 - December 6, 2007 Edition Opperman Acquires Phoenix New Millennium Audio/Book Publisher NEW YORK/NY/11/27/07-- Dwight Opperman, former head of the highly successful West Publishing, has acquired Arizona-based Phoenix New Millennium,...
