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...
Doris
Atlantic Council Appoints Thielen To International Board
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...
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...
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,...
SEC Seeks to Compel Former AMS Execs To Testify in Fraud Case
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 3 - May 10, 2007 Edition SEC Seeks to Compel Former AMS Execs To Testify in Fraud Case SAN DIEGO, CA/4/30/07--The Securities and Exchange Commission April 27 filed a subpoena in the U.S. District Court of Southern California to force Michael...
Amazon.com Sales Jump 32%, Profits Up 38%
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 3 - May 10, 2007 Edition Amazon.com Sales Jump 32%, Profits Up 38% SEATTLE/4/25/07--Amazon.com, Inc. announced April 24 that first quarter sales ending March 31 2007 surpassed $3 Billion, up 32% Year over Year, and operating Profit Grew 38%....
Virginia Tech Book Acquired By Plume
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 3 - May 10, 2007 Edition Virginia Tech Book Acquired By Plume NEW YORK, NY/5/1/07-Plume, an imprint of Penguin Putnam, has acquired world rights to Virginia Tech media writing professor Roland Lazenby’s April 16: Heartbreak in...
Two Large Midwest Rep Firms Merge
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 3 - May 10, 2007 Edition Two Large Midwest Rep Firms Merge LaGrange, IL/5/2/07-Two of the Midwest’s largest independent publishers’ rep groups, Fujii Associates and Heinecken & Associates, will merge into a single firm...
New Publishing Company Features Motivational Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 3 - May 10, 2007 Edition New Publishing Company Features Motivational Books YELM, WA/5/1/07--Betsy Chasse, a pioneer in the cultural creative market who co-created and co-directed the smash hit, What the BLEEP Do We Know!?, is blazing a new...
Iranian Indy Publishers Earn AAP Freedom Award
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 19 - April 26, 2007 Edition Iranian Indy Publishers Earn AAP Freedom Award WASHINGTON, DC 4/23/07-- Members of the independent publishing community in Iran, facing increased harassment and persecution under the current regime, have been named...
