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...
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Bertelsmann Strips Down Bookspan Clubs, Cuts Jobs
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...
Agents Join Guild In Opposing S&S Digital Rights Terms
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24- May 31, 2007 Edition Agents Join Guild In Opposing S&S Digital Rights Terms NEW YORK, NY/5/21/07--The Authors Guild last week issued an alert to its members urging them not to sign book publishing contracts with Simon & Schuster and to...
Hachette Renames Business Imprint Teams With UK Unit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24- May 31, 2007 Edition Hachette Renames Business Imprint, Teams With UK Unit NEW YORK, NY/5/23/07-As part of its buyout agreement with Time Warner Book Group, Hachette Book Group USA is in the process of renaming some of its divisions...
Small Press Center Changes Name, Broadens Scope
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24- May 31, 2007 Edition Small Press Center Changes Name, Broadens Scope NEW YORK, NY/5/23/2007--The New York-based Small Press Center will officially re-launch itself under a new name May 31 at BookExpoAmerica. The organization, now be called...
AAP Reports Sales Of Books Totalled $ 24.2 Billion in 2006
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24- May 31, 2007 Edition AAP Reports Sales Of Books Totalled $ 24.2 Billion in 2006 NEW YORK, NY/05/22/07--The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has today released its annual estimate of total book sales in the United States. The report,...
Scholastic Signs R.L. Stine to New Horror Series
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24- May 31, 2007 Edition Scholastic Signs R.L. Stine to New Horror Series NEW YORK, NY/5/21/07-American novelist R.L. Stine, best known for his young adult novels and the wildly successful Goosebumps series, has signed a contract with...
Ballantine to Publish Book On Tour De France Doping Controversy
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 24- May 31, 2007 Edition Ballantine to Publish Book On Tour De France Doping Controversy NEW YORK/5/17/07--Ballantine Books will publish FROM LANCE TO LANDIS: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France by award-winning...
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...
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...
