MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 16- August 23, 2007 Edition BISG to Study Environmental Impact of U.S. Book Industry New York, NY/8/14/07--The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and Green Press Initiative (GPI) today launched the US Book Industry Climate Impacts and...
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Amazon’s New CreateSpace Offers Self-Publishing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 16- August 23, 2007 Edition Amazon's New CreateSpace Offers Self-Publishing SCOTTS VALLEY, CA/8/8/2007--CreateSpace, part of the Amazon.com, Inc. group of companies (NASDAQ: AMZN), has announced the launch of a new online Books on Demand...
U.S. Bookstore Sales Continue to Decline
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 16- August 23, 2007 Edition U.S. Bookstore Sales Continue to Decline WASHINGTON, DC/8/14/07--Bookstore sales declined in June by 6.6% to $1.13 billion, compared to June 2006 sales of $1.21 billion, according to preliminary estimates from the...
Amazon Rank Checker Feeds Author, Publisher Obsession Over Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 9 - August 16, 2007 Edition Amazon Rank Checker Feeds Author, Publisher Obsession Over Sales NEW YORK,NY/8/6/07--Authors, publishers, and others craving their daily fix of Amazon sales ranks may well overdose on Sales Rank Express, a...
CBS Gets Creative With Mobile Ad Consortium
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 9 - August 16, 2007 Edition CBS Gets Creative With Mobile Ad Consortium NEW YORK, NY/8/2/07--CBS Mobile has forged partnerships with four of the country's leading mobile advertising-enabling companies - AdMob, Millennial Media, Rhythm...
Indigo Continues Strong Upward Trend in Second Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 9 - August 16, 2007 Edition Indigo Continues Strong Upward Trend In Second Quarter TORONTO/8/6/07--Canada's largest book retailer Indigo Books & Music, Inc. (TSX: IDG), posted an 8.5% gain in revenues to C$184.9 million for the quarter...
Torstar’s Harlequin Shows Slight Gain In Second Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 9 - August 16, 2007 Edition Torstar's Harlequin Shows Slight Gain In Second Quarter TORONTO, ONTARIO/8/1/07--Torstar Corporation, which owns a leading women's fiction publisher Harlequin Enterprises Limited, has announced its results for the...
Federal Judge Backs CIA on Censoring Dates in Plame’s Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 9 - August 16, 2007 Edition Federal Judge Backs CIA on Censoring Dates in Plame's NEW YORK, NY/8/4/07--Federal District Judge Barbara S. Jones of Manhattan has ruled that Simon & Schuster's soon-to-be-published book by former agent Valerie...
Brian Belfiglio Named Scribner, VP, Director of Publicity
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 2 - August 9, 2006 Edition Brian Belfiglio Named Scribner, VP, Director of Publicity NEW YORK, NY/7/30/07Susan Moldow, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Scribner announced today that Brian Belfiglio has been named Vice...
Publishing News Managing Director Skyes To Step Down
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 2 - August 9, 2006 Edition PN Managing Director Skyes To Step Down LONDON/7/30/07--Publishing News Ltd today announced the resignation of its Managing Director Angela Sykes. During her six years at the helm, Sykes has overseen the successful...
