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 years recipient of the New York Center for Independent...
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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,...
Health Publisher Rodale Beefs Up Online Initiatives
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 29 - December 6, 2007 Edition Health Publisher Rodale Beefs Up Online Initiatives EMMAUS/PA/ and NEW YORK/NY/11/26/07--Rodale Inc., the health and wellness publisher, last week reported continued growth in the third quarter, with print...
Borders Reports Third Quarter Gains In All Business Units
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 29 - December 6, 2007 Edition Borders Reports Third Quarter Gains In All Business Units ANN ARBOR, MI/11/20/07--Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today reported results for the third fiscal quarter, ended Nov. 3, 2007, showing gains in...
Pershing Hedge Fund Increases Stake In Borders Group
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 29 - December 6, 2007 Edition Pershing Hedge Fund Increases Stake In Borders Group NEW YORK, NY/11/23/07--Pershing Square Capital Management LP, a $300 million+ activist hedge fund, has increased its holdings in the U.S. bookseller Borders...
Barnes & Noble Reports 5.7% Sales Gain In Third Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 22 - November 29, 2007 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports 5.7% Sales Gain In Third Quarter NEW YORK, NY/11/20/07—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today reported sales for the third quarter...
NY Governor Abandons Online
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 22 - November 29, 2007 Edition NY Governor Abandons Online "Amazon Tax" NEW YORK, NY/11/16/07--New York Governor Eliot Spitzer yesterday abandoned the so-called "Amazon Tax" that would have required Amazon.com and other online retailers...
Amazon Unveils Kindle Reader to NY Press
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 22 - November 29, 2007 Edition Amazon Unveils Kindle Reader to NY Press NEW YORK, NY/11/19/07--Amazon today unveiled its new wireless handheld reader, named "Kindle," at a high-profile press conference in New York City. The...
Startling New NEA Report Links Continued Reading Declines To Poor Academics
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 22 - November 29, 2007 Edition Startling New NEA Report Links Continued Reading Declines To Poor Academics WASHINGTON, DC/11/19/07--The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today released a new report citing "startling declines" in...
Denis Johnson-Wins National Book-Award for War Novel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15- November 22, 2007 Edition Denis Johnson Wins National Book Award for War Novel NEW YORK, NY/11/15/07--Denis Johnson, currently on a magazine assignment in Iraq, was awarded the National Book Award last night for his Vietnam War novel,...
