MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15- November 22, 2007 Edition Writers Strike Strains Book Promotions NEW YORK, NY/11/12/07--The Writers Guild of America strike entered its second week today, impacting not only Hollywood television shows but also book promotions. On...
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Macmillan Audio Acquires Language Dynamics Publisher
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15- November 22, 2007 Edition Macmillan Audio Acquires Language Dynamics Publisher NEW YORK, NY/11/12/07--Macmillan Audio, a division of Macmillan Publishing in the USA, has acquired Language Dynamics, a company that develops language...
Booksellers Association Makes Top Staff Changes
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 8 - November 15, 2007 Edition Booksellers Association Makes Top Staff Changes NEW YORK, NY/11/3/07--The American Booksellers Association has made several top-level staff changes, according to an item in Publishers Weekly. Len Vlahos, a...
Florida Publishers-Experience Upsurge In Spanish Language Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 8 - November 15, 2007 Edition Florida Publishers Experience Upsurge In Spanish-Language Books MIAMI, FL/11/6/07--South Florida publishers are experiencing a boom in demand for Spanish-language books and translated works, according to a...
Harlequin Sales Dip Third Quarter Profits Increase
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 8 - November 15, 2007 Edition Harlequin Sales Dip in Third Quarter; Profits Increase TORONTO/11/2/07--Canada-based Harlequin Enterprises, a leading publisher of women's fiction around the world, saw a 2.7% drop in sales for the third...
S&S Reports 9% Sales Increase In Third Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 8 - November 15, 2007 Edition S&S Reports 9% Sales Increase In Third Quarter NEW YORK, NY/11/02/2007--Simon & Schuster, the publishing division now owned by CBS Corporation, saw a 9% increase in revenues for the third quarter of 2007 to...
Houghton Mifflin Joins Publishers’ Rush to Mobile Content
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 8 - November 15, 2007 Edition Houghton Mifflin Joins Publishers' Rush to Mobile Content NEW YORK, NY/11/3/07--Houghton Mifflin will deliver electronic books to cell phones through a newly-signed agreement with Mobifusion. Houghton will...
Random House To Publish New Book By Lee Woodruff
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1 - November 8, 2007 Edition Random House To Publish New Book By Lee Woodruff NEW YORK, NY/10/30/07--Random House executive editor Susan Mercandetti has bought world rights to Lee Woodruff’s second book of non-fiction, a wry and...
Amazon’s AudioBook Store Goes Live As e-Tailer Prepares for Downloads
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1 - November 8, 2007 Edition Amazon's AudioBookStore Goes Live As e-TailerPrepares for Downloads SEATTLE, WA/10/31/07--Amazon.com's new audiobook store, is now up and running. The online retailer soon will begin selling downloadable...
Knopf to Publish Book Three in Christopher Paolini’s Bestselling Kids’ Series
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1 - November 8, 2007 Edition Knopf to Publish Book Three in Christopher Paolini's Bestselling Kids' Series NEW YORK, NY/10/30/07--Christopher Paolini, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon and Eldest, the first two books in...
