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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 31 - June 7, 2006 Edition Amazon Launches Harry Potter Kid Correspondent Quest SEATTLE, WA/5/29/07-­In a strategy vaguely similar to TV’s wildly popular American Idol, Amazon.com has announced it is seeking enthusiastic, energetic...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 31 - June 7, 2006 Edition Christian Publisher Zondervan’s CEO to Depart GRAND RAPIDS, MI/5/31/07– Zondervan last week announced its president and CEO, Doug Lockhart, will step down from his position effective June 1, 2007. Former...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 31 - June 7, 2006 Edition Authors’ Guild Holds Firm Against S&S Rights Changes NEW YORK, NY/5/29/07-­The Authors’ Guild is standing firm against what it calls an electronic “rights grab” by Simon & Schuster, which...