MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24- May 31, 2007 Edition Bertelsmann Strips Down Bookspan Clubs, Cuts Jobs 5/23/07--Bertelsmann AG, the Germany-based worldwide media conglomerate, is initiating a major restructuring of its book clubs after its recent purchase of Bookspan. The...
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Graywolf Names New Marketing And Managing Directors
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - May 24, 2007 Edition Graywolf Names New Marketing And Managing Directors St. PAUL, MN/5/14/07-The nonprofit St. Paul-based Graywolf Press has named Anna Peterson to the new post of managing director and Rolph Blythe as marketing...
PGW/Perseus to Distribute Key Porter Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - May 24, 2007 Edition PGW/Perseus to Distribute Key Porter Books 5/15/07--C. Jordan Fenn, publisher of Key Porter Books Ltd. Has announced that effective immediately, PGW/Perseus will be the exclusive representative for Key Porter’s...
Turndown Tales Nearly Turned Down By Ritz-Carlton
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - May 24, 2007 Edition Turndown Tales Nearly Turned Down By Ritz-Carlton NEW YORK, NY/5/14/07-Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, has agreed to “tone down” some of the language in its Turndown Tales, a...
Digital Book Distribution, Standards Gain Momentum At Several Conferences
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - May 24, 2007 Edition Digital Book Distribution, Standards Gain Momentum At Several Conferences NEW YORK, NY/5/17/07--In its fourth annual Making Information Pay conference May 10, The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) unofficially...
LAGARDÃRE Publishing Like-for-Like Revenues Up 3% in First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - May 24, 2007 Edition LAGARDÃRE Publishing Like-for-Like Revenues Up 3% in First Quarter PARIS/5/10/07--Lagardère SCA today reported consolidated revenues of 1,908.2m for the three months to March 31, 2007, an increase of 8.9% on a...
Pearson Acquires eCollege® for $477m to Build Digital Clout
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - May 24, 2007 Edition Pearson Acquires eCollege® for $477m to Build Digital Clout LONDON/5/14/07--Pearson, the international education and information company, has agreed to acquire eCollege® (Nasdaq: ECLG), a leader in the fast-growing US...
Census Bureau Reports March Book Sales Dip 4%
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 17 - May 24, 2007 Edition Census Bureau Reports March Book Sales Dip 4% 5/14/07-The U.S. Census Bureau reports that bookstore sales for March dropped 4.1% to $998 million compared to $1.041 billion in the same period last year. The figures are...
Perseus Sells Counterpoint, Shuts Two Avalon Imprints
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - May 17, 2007 Edition Perseus Sells Counterpoint, Shuts Two Avalon Imprints NEW YORK, NY/5/10/2007--Perseus Books Group has realigned nearly all of its imprints, sold its Counterpoint unit to the newly-formed Winton, Shoemaker & Co. LLC,...
NBC to Televise Quill Awards In October
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - May 17, 2007 Edition NBC to Televise Quill Awards In October NEW YORK, NY/5/3/07--Returning in its third year with a revamped program and early outside interest, the 2007 Quill Awards, supported by Reed Business Information (RBI) and the...
