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...
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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...
ABA Winter Meeting Booked To Capacity Waiting Lists Form
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1 - November 8, 2007 Edition ABA Winter Meeting Booked To Capacity, Waiting Lists Form LOS ANGELES, CA/10/30/07--Event and hotel registrations for the American Booksellers Association's Third Annual Winter Institute (Wi3) are booked to...
Late President Ford’s Book Says Clinton Sought Ford’s Help Over Sex Scandal
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1 - November 8, 2007 Edition Late President Ford's Book Says Clinton Sought Ford's Help Over Sex Scandal WASHINGTON/10/29/07-G.P. Putnam/Penguin this month has released the late former President Gerald Ford's book, Write It When I'm Gone:...
Hachette USA Adopts Digital Publishing Forum’s New e-Book Standard
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1 - November 8, 2007 Edition Hachette USA Adopts Digital Publishing Forum's New e-Book Standard /11/01/07--Hachette Book Group is among the first trade publishers to adopt the new .epub file format for all of its e-books. The new format...
Tensions Remain High as Writers Guild Strike Nears
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1 - November 8, 2007 Edition Tensions Remain High as Writers Guild Strike Nears LOS ANGELES, CA/10/29/07--Tensions remain high today between the Writers Guild of American, West and East divisions (WGAW and WGAE) and the Alliance of Motion...
S&S Releases Much Anticipated Valerie Plame Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 25 - November 1, 2007 Edition S&S Releases Much Anticipated Valerie Plame Book NEW YORK, NY/10/22/07--Valerie Plame Wilson's eagerly-awaited book, FAIR GAME, MY LIFE AS A SPY,MY BETRAYAL BY THE WHITE HOUSE, was released October 22 by Simon...
