MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 27 - October 4, 2007 Edition New Borders UK Owner Confident in Future of Books LONDON/9/25/07--Luke Johnson, the new owner of Borders U.K. told The Observer this week that he believes passionately in the future of books, but that "we're...
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Harlequin Becomes First Major Publisher To Offer Frontlist eBooks
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 27 - October 4, 2007 Edition Harlequin Becomes First Major Publisher To Offer Frontlist eBooks TORONTO/9/24/07--Harlequin Enterprises Limited, one of the world's leading publishers of women's fiction, announced today that they...
Perseus to Acquire PGW Name, Logo From AMS Bankruptcy
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 27 - October 4, 2007 Edition Perseus to Acquire PGW Name, Logo From AMS Bankruptcy NEW YORK, NY/9/27/07--Perseus Books Group was expected to receive court approval yesterday to use the marks and name of Publishers Group West (PGW) as its...
Del Rey to Publish Heroes Novel Based on Hit TV Series
GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES September 20 - September 27, 2007 Edition Del Rey to Publish Heroes Novel, Based on Hit TV Series NEW YORK, NY/9/18/07Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced plans to publish a novel based on...
HarperCollins Acquires James Frey’s Novel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 20 - September 27, 2007 Edition HarperCollins Acquires James Frey's Novel NEW YORK, NY9/20/07--HarperCollins last week announced the acquisition of North American rights to Bright Shiny Morning, a novel by New York Times bestselling...
Publisher Starts Imprint by Political Critic Mark Crispin Miller
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 20 - September 27, 2007 Edition Indie Publisher Starts Imprint by Political Critic Mark Crispin Miller NEW YORK, NY/9/19/2007--Ig Publishing, an independent publisher based in Brooklyn, has commissioned popular political critic Mark...
Former Fed Chair Greenspan’s Book Tops Online Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 20 - September 27, 2007 Edition Former Fed Chair Greenspan's Book Sales Outrank Rowling, O.J. NEW YORK, NY/9/18/2007--Alan Greenspan's new book The Age of Turbulence climbed to No. 1 on bestseller lists at both Amazon.com and...
McGraw-Hill Reaffirms-Double Digit Earnings Growth for 2007
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 20 - September 27, 2007 Edition McGraw-Hill Reaffirms Double-Digit Earnings Growth for 2007 NEW YORK, NY/9/18/07--In a presentation today at Goldman Sachs' Communacopia XVI 2007 conference, Harold McGraw III, chairman, president and...
Hachette USA Boosts Performance for Lagardere Publishing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 20 - September 27, 2007 Edition Hachette USA Boosts Performance for Lagardere Publishing NEW YORK, NY/9/13/2007--LAGARDERE SCA's Lagardere Publishing division, encompassing Hachette Book Group USA and other publishing units worldwide,...
Bloomsbury USA Suffers Decline In First Half
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 20 - September 27, 2007 Edition Bloomsbury USA Suffers Decline In First Half LONDON/9/18/07--Sales at Bloomsbury USA, a division of the UK's Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, declined by 14.9% to £5.8 million ($12 million) in the first six...
