MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 2 - August 9, 2006 Edition Hodgman Named Executive Editor At Houghton Mifflin NEW YORK, NY/7/30/07--George Hodgman has been named vice president and senior executive editor of the Houghton Mifflin adult trade group, effective September 10....
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Maillet Returns To Timber Press As Publisher
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 2 - August 9, 2006 Edition Maillet Returns To Timber Press As Publisher PORTLAND, OR/7/27/07--Neal Maillet has returned to Timber Press to become publisher of the Portland, Ore.-based book publisher, which also has offices in the UK. Maillet...
Lagardere Publishing-Revenues Boosted-by Time Warner Assets
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 2 - August 9, 2006 Edition Lagardere Publishing Revenues Boosted By Time Warner Assets PARIS, FRANCE/7/26/07--Lagardere SCA, the French media company that owns Hachette Book Group (formerly Time Warner Book Group) in the U.S., reported a...
Penguin USA Shows Profit Despite Weak Dollar
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 2 - August 9, 2006 Edition Penguin USA Shows Profit Despite Weak Dollar NEW YORK, NY/7/20/07--The Penguin Group, part of Pearson (FTSE: PSON; NYSE: PSO), the international media company, today reported its operating results for the first...
AMS Files Claim Against Baker & Taylor for Withholding Payments
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 2 - August 9, 2006 Edition AMS Files Claim Against Baker & Taylor for Withhlding Payments WILMINGTON, DELAWARE/7/31/07--Advanced Marketing Services has filed a court motion claiming that Baker & Taylor has unlawfully withheld $6.2 million...
Ballantine Acquires Unusual VampireTrilogy by Cronin
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 26- August 2, 2006 Edition Ballantine Acquires Unusual Vampire Trilogy by Cronin NEW YORK, NY/7/23/07--Ballantine has acquired a new trilogy by well-known literary novelist Justin Cronin for $3.75 million. The trilogy, a departure from his PEN...
McGraw-Hill Second Quarter Income Soars
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 26- August 2, 2006 Edition McGraw-Hill Second Quarter Income Soars NEW YORK, NY/7/24/07--The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) today reported diluted earnings per share increased 31.7% to $0.79 in the second quarter of 2007 compared to the...
Pegasus to Publish French Author Dumas’s Long Missing Novel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 26- August 2, 2006 Edition Pegasus to Publish French Author Dumas's Long Missing Novel NEW YORK, NY/7/26/2007--Pegasus Books, the small New York publishing company founded in 2005 by Claiborne Hancock, has acquired U.S. rights to a long...
Fulcrum Acquires Speck Press Expands Lines
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 26- August 2, 2006 Edition Fulcrum Acquires Speck Press, Expands Lines GOLDEN, CO/7/23/07--Speck Press, a tiny independent publisher in Denver, has been acquired by Colorado-based Fulcrum Publishing. The news was announced by Fulcrm Publisher...
Borders Names Two New Vice Presidents Vanzura, Nasshan Depart
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 26- August 2, 2006 Edition Borders Names Two New Vice Presidents; Vanzura, Nasshan Depart ANN ARBOR, MI/7/19/07-Borders Group Inc. has named two new vice presidents just days after Ric Vanzura, vice president of emerging technology, and...
