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...
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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Judges Select-Finalists for 2007-National Book Awards
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...
PW Retracts Story of AP Book Review Shutdown
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 4 - October 11, 2007 Edition PW Retracts Story of AP Book Review Shutdown NEW YORK, NY/10/2/07--Publishers Weekly has retracted a story it ran on 9/27 reporting that the Associated Press was discontinuing its book review package. PW ran a...
S&S’s New CEO Reidy Promotes Selleck, Eulau To Her Management Team
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 4 - October 11, 2007 Edition S&S's New CEO Reidy Promotes Selleck, Eulau To Her Management Team NEW YORK, NY/10/02/07--Simon & Schuster's incoming CEO Carolyn Reidy has created two two positions on her senior management team. Reidy,...
Borders Books Teams With Court TV, Gather.com In Crime Writing Contest
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 4 - October 11, 2007 Edition Borders Books Teams With Court TV, Gather.com In Crime Writing Contest ANN ARBOR, MI/10/1/07-- Borders, Inc., Court TV and Gather.com, today announced an alliance designed to find "The Next Great Crime Writer"...
