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...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
Authors Guild Holds Firm Against S&S Rights Changes
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...
Christian Publisher Zondervans CEO to Depart
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 31 - June 7, 2006 Edition Christian Publisher Zondervans 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...
Amazon Launches Harry Potter Kid Correspondent Quest
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...
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...
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...
