MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 21 - June 28, 2006 Edition Simon & Schuster, Rodale Among First Publishers To Add Video Promos NEW YORK, NY/6/19/07-Simon & Schuster and Rodale are among the first publishers to offer video clips of their authors, following a similar...
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Kensington in Deal With Hudson to Start New Kids Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 21- June 28, 2006 Edition Kensington Inks Deal With Hudson to Start New Kids Imprint NEW YORK, NY/6/20/07-Kensington Publishing Corp., the last independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperback books, has joined...
Times Reports Internet Retail Sales Slowing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 21- June 28, 2006 Edition Times Reports Internet Retail Sales Slowing SAN FRANCISCO, CA/6/17/07--The New York Times June 16 reported that growth in Internet sales has dropped dramatically across a wide range of categories including books,...
Kensington Cancels Female POWs Story, S&S to Publish Instead
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 21- June 28, 2006 Edition Kensington Cancels Female POWs Story, S&S to Publish Instead NEW YORK, NY/6/20/07-Simon & Schuster has purchased the story of Shoshana Johnson, American’s first black female prisoner of war in Iraq,...
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,...
979 Book Prefixes To take effect in Early 08, BISG Announces
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...
Key Personnel Changes Take Place At Three Major Houses
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 14 - June 21, 2006 Edition Key Personnel Changes Take Place At Three Major Houses NEW YORK, NY/6/13/07-Key editorial personnel changes have taken place in recent weeks at three top New York publishing houses, including Random House,...
Technology Heavyweights To Highlight Conference on Changes in Publishing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 14 - June 21, 2006 Edition Technology Heavyweights To Highlight Conference On Changes in Publishing SAN JOSE, CA/6/14/07--Technology is transforming publishing-- from the way ideas are generated to the packaging of information and delivery of...
Author John Grogan Protests Publication Of Inquirer Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 14 - June 21, 2006 Edition Author John Grogan Protests Publication Of Inquirer Book New York, NY/6/11/2007Journalist and author John Grogan is protesting the publication of a collection of his newspaper columns by Vanguard Press under the...
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...
