MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15- November 22, 2007 Edition Judith Regan Sues News Corp For Smear Tactics NEW YORK, NY/11/14/07--Judith Regan, the former publisher of Regan Books, a division of HarperCollins, has filed a $100 million law suit against the publisher's...
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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
