MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 12 - April 19, 2007 Edition Indy Book Stores Shut Doors in Atlanta, San Francisco, Phoenix 4/11/07-At least three well-known independent book stores have announced this month that they are closing their doors. They include Codys in San...
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Bertelsmann Dominates U.S. Book Club Market With Bookscan Buyout
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 12 - April 19, 2007 Edition Bertelsmann Dominates U.S. Book Club Market With Bookspan Buyout 4/11/07German media conglomerate Bertelsmann's buyout this week of Time Inc.'s 50% share in Bookspan, leaves Bertelsmann the only major club...
Books-A-Million Same Store Sales Down, Revenues Up
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Books-A-Million Same Store Sales Down, Revenues Up NEW YORK, NY/4/3/07--Books-A-Million April 2 reported a drop of 0.6% in same store sales for the year ended February 3, 2007, but reported a 3.3% increase in...
Radio/TV Personality Becks Book to Solve Worlds Big Problems
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Radio/TV Personality Becks Book to Solve Worlds Big Problems NEW YORK, NY/4/2/07--Louise Burke, Pocket Books’ Executive Vice President and Publisher, has announced the acquisition of world rights to a new...
Novelist Philip Roth Named First Recipient Of PEN Bellow Award
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Novelist Philip Roth Named First Recipient Of PEN Bellow Award NEW YORK, NY/4/2/07-PEN American Center, the nation’s preeminent association of writers, editors and translators, has announced that...
Publishers Laud Conclusion of Trade Agreement With Korea
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Publishers Laud Conclusion of Trade Agreement With Korea WASHINGTON/DC/04/02/07--The Association of American Publishers (AAP) applauded Sundays successful conclusion of negotiations regarding the Korea-U.S. Free...
ABA Announces Booksense Book Of Year Award
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition ABA Announces Booksense Book Of Year Award 3/29/07--The American Booksellers Association March 29 announced the winners of the 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards, recognizing those titles independent...
NAL Launches New Mystery Imprint, Obsidian
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition NAL Launches New Mystery Imprint, Obsidian NEW YORK, NY/4/4/07-New American Library, a division of Penguin Group USA, will launch the new Obsidian Mysteries imprint this fall, specializing only in mystery titles....
Barnes & Noble, Borders Weak Performances Fuel Merger Rumors
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Barnes & Noble, Borders Weak Performances Fuel Merger Rumors NEW YORK, NY/4/3/07-Sagging financial performances at the nations two largest booksellers Barnes & Noble, Inc. and Borders Group have fueled rumors...
Knopf Buys First-Time Novel for Six Figures
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Knopf Buys First-Time Novel for Six Figures NEW YORK, NY/3/24/07-Knopf, a division of Random House, has laid out six figures for U. S. rights to a debut novel by Poppy Adams, titled The Time of Emergence, to be...
