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...

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,...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - May 17, 2007 Edition Atlantic Council Appoints Thielen To International Board Gütersloh/5/8/07– The “Atlantic Council of the United States”, one of the foremost think-tanks in Washington, has appointed...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - May 17, 2007 Edition Amazon.com Reaches 1 Million Worldwide Pre-Orders for Potter SEATTLE, WA/5/8/07--Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) (www.amazon.com) today announced that, with over two-and-a-half months remaining until the release of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - May 17, 2007 Edition Hudson Carries Exclusive DVD Edition Of Cooper’S Dispatches EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ/5/04/07--When the paperback edition of the New York Times bestselling book Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - May 17, 2007 Edition Audiobooks Gain Podcast Popularity, Bolster Book Sales NEW YORK, NY/5/8/2007­The publishing industry’s sudden rush to video and audio promotion can be seen everywhere in the U.S. and abroad. One example was this week’s...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - May 17, 2007 Edition Simon & Schuster Unveils Online Video Initiative NEW YORK, NY and EMERYVILLE, CA/5/08/07--Simon & Schuster, Inc. and TurnHere, Inc., the leading Internet video company, today announced an agreement to launch a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - May 17, 2007 Edition B&N to Take Over Indiana University’s 16 Campus Bookstores 5/10/07--Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, a privately held sister company to Barnes & Noble Inc., which operates more than 600 campus bookstores in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 10 - May 17, 2007 Edition Pearson Acquires Two Harcourt Education Units London/5/4/07--Pearson, the international education and information company, on May 4 announced that it has agreed to acquire Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education...