MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Judges Select Finalists for 2007 National Book Awards Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/10/10/2007--The 20 Finalists for the 2007 National Book Awards, announced today, represent extraordinary writing from both...
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Book Association Launches National Reading Group Month
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Book Association Launches National Reading Group Month /10/09/07--The Women's National Book Association (WNBA) is launching National Reading Group Month (NRGM) on October 29, 2007, at the New York Center for...
Flying Dolphin to Publish Comedian Lange’s Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Flying Dolphin to Publish comedian Lange's Book NEW YORK, NY/10/09/07--Julie Grau, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Spiegel & Grau, has acquired TOO FAT TO FISH, a memoir by the actor, comedian, and radio...
Carole Baron to Acquire Exclusively for Knopf
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Carole Baron to Acquire Exclusively for Knopf NEW YORK, NY/10/08/07--Carole Baron has agreed to acquire books exclusively for the Knopf imprint at Random House. Baron, who is senior vice president of Bookspan,...
Book Distributor Bookworld Closes Bankruptcy Likely
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Book Distributor Bookworld Closes, Bankruptcy Likely SARASOTA, FL/10/5/07--Bookworld Companies, a Florida-based distribution company with more than 100 small publishers and several larger ones as clients, has...
Simon & Schuster, Random House Establish New Units
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Simon & Schuster, Random House Establish New Units NEW YORK, NY/10/11/07--Two major New York publishers, Simon & Schuster and Random House, each have announced the establishment of new publishing units this...
Writers Guild Poised for Strike Over Residuals
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Writers Guild Poised for Strike Over Residuals LOS ANGELES, CA/10/9/07--The Writers Guild of America was due to return to the negotiating table with television networks and film studios Tuesday evening (October...
Trans World Stores To Add Manga Sections In All Store Locations
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Trans World Stores to Add Manga Sections In All Store Locations BAYONNE, NJ/10/5/07--Trans World Entertainment Corp, one of the largest specialty music and video retailers in the United States, has hired...
Frankfurt Book Fair Study Shows Digitization Heads Industry’s Top Challenge
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Frankfurt Book Fair Study Shows Digitization Heads Industry's Top Challenge FRANKFURT, GERMANY/10/8/07--The organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the worlds largest fair for the book and media industry,...
Holtzbrinck Publishers Changes Name to Macmillan
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 11 - October 15, 2007 Edition Holtzbrinck Publishers Changes Name to Macmillan FRANKFURT, GERMANY/10/10/07--Holtzbrinck Publishers announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week that it has changed its name to Macmillan Publishing. The move...
