MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 14 - June 21, 2006 Edition 979 Book Prefixes To Take Effect In Early 08, BISG Announces NEW YORK, NY/6/6/07--The first ISBNs to be prefixed by 979 are likely to be assigned in the second quarter of 2008, according to a recent announcement...
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Publishing Sales Dip For Spring, Yearly Sales Rise
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 14 - June 21, 2006 Edition Publishing Sales Dip For Spring, Yearly Sales Rise NEW YORK, NY/6/8/07-- April books sales tracked by the Association of American Publishers saw a slight decrease with net sales down by 0.3 percent for the month,...
Penguin Authors Headline BEA as Publisher Achieves Three Simultaneous Bestsellers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 7 - June 14, 2007 Edition Penguin Authors Headline BEA as Publisher Achieves Three Simultaneous Bestsellers NEW YORK, NY/6/04/07--Alan Greenspan, Khaled Hosseini and Russell Simmons led Penguin Group (USA)s high-profile presence at this...
Espresso Book Machine Unveiled At BookExpo America
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 7 - June 14, 2007 Edition Espresso Book Machine Unveiled At BookExpo America NEW YORK, NY/6/1/07 At the BookExpo America convention in New York City this week, legendary publishing executive Jason Epstein and business partner Dane Neller...
AAR Holds Talks With S&S On Concerns Over Digital Rights
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 7 - June 14, 2007 Edition AAR Holds Talks With S&S On Concerns Over Digital Rights NEW YORK, NY/6/2/07--Representatives of the AAR Board and the AAR Contracts and Electronic Committees met May 31 with Simon & Schuster CEO Jack Romanos,...
Indies Win Strong Book Market Share New Study Shows
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 7 - June 14, 2007 Edition Indies Win Strong Book Market Share New Study Shows NEW YORK, NY/6/3/07--Within the book selling industry, strong pricing power exists for national chains and independent stores, but web-based sellers have...
Simon & Schuster, Valerie Plame Wilson File Suit Against CIA
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 7 - June 14, 2007 Edition Simon & Schuster, Valerie Plame Wilson File Suit Against CIA NEW YORK, NY/5/31/07-Earlier today Simon & Schuster, together with Valerie Plame Wilson, filed suit in U.S. District Court/Southern District of New York...
New BISG Committee To Create Standards for Digital Content
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 4, 2007 Edition New BISG Committee To Create Standards for Digital Content NEW YORK, NY/5/31/2007--The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has announced that it will team with the Association of American Publishers (AAP), to form a new Digital...
Female Readers Give A Few Surprises In New Study
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 4, 2007 Edition Female Readers Give A Few Surprises In New Study New York, NY/6/1/2007--A new study by Content Connections, a publishing services and consulting firm, has found a few surprises about female readers, which it revealed on June 1...
Digital Dharma Marks Quest Books Launch Of New Brand at BEA
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 31 - June 7, 2006 Edition Digital Dharma Marks Quest Books Launch Of New Brand at BEA New York, NY/5/31/07---Quest Books will launch its new logo at this year’s BookExpo America, June 1-3 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.In business...
