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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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 )...
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;...
