MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 19 - July 26, 2007 Edition Amazon Reveals The Harry-est Town in America SEATTLE, WA/7/17/07--After months of tracking pre-orders of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Amazon.com can now reveal the Harry-est town in the country: Falls...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 19 - July 26, 2007 Edition MediaBay To Cease Operations CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ/7/11/07--MediaBay, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MBAY.PK) announced that it has been unsuccessful in its attempt to sell the company and has no viable alternative, except to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 19 - July 26, 2007 Edition Bookstore Sales Continue Decline For Fifth Month c Year-to-date sales total $6.20 billion through May 2007. Sales in the first five months declined by about the same percent each month. Overall retail sales, however,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 19 - July 26, 2007 Edition Borders Group Announces Vanzura Resignation ANN ARBOR, MI/7/16/07-­Borders Group Chief Executive Officer George Jones today announced that Cedric J. Vanzura, executive vice president, emerging business and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 19 - July 26, 2007 Edition Reed Elsevier Announces Sale of Harcourt Education To Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep NEW YORK, NY/7/16/2007--Reed Elsevier today agreed to sell its Harcourt US Schools Education business to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 12 - July 19, 2007 Edition BEA Switches Vegas, Washington BookExpo Dates Norwalk, CT, 7/3/2007—BookExpo America show organizers have announced that the convention which was to be held in Las Vegas in 2010 has been moved to Las Vegas in 2011....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 12 - July 19, 2007 Edition Borders Pioneers Initiative to Deliver Cell Phone Content Ann Arbor, Mich/7/9/2007—Borders Group, Inc. is pioneering as the world's first bookseller to distribute content to mobile phones. The retailer will deliver...

BOOK DEALS July 12 - July 19, 2007 Edition Guiding Light Novel To Mark Daytime Drama’s 70th Birthday NEW YORK, NY/7/9/2007—Pocket Books celebrates the 70th anniversary of America’s longest running daytime drama, Emmy Award-winning Guiding Light with an original novel,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 12 - July 19, 2007 Edition PGW Clients Regain Footing After AMS Demise 7/10/2007—More than 130 small publishers severely hit by last year’s bankruptcy of American Marketing Services (AMS) and its distribution arm, Publishers Group West (PGW),...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 12 - July 19, 2007 Edition Comics Market Gains Momentum Across All Fronts 7/12/2007—The market for comic book content on the web, on mobile media, and in print is booming, as major comic book publishers increasingly invest in technology to...