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...
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Agassi Memoir Could Bring $4 Million or More
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Agassi Memoir Could Bring $4 Million or More LAS VEGAS, NV/3/24/07--Bids for the official story of tennis star Andre Agassi have reached some $4 million, according to Publishers Weekly. The coveted memoir has not...
Time Lays Off More Workers, Shuts Down Life
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Time Lays Off More Workers, Shuts Down Life NEW YORK, NY/3/26/07-Time, Inc. said this week it is shutting down the venerable Life magazine, effective with its April 20th issue. Despite the print magazine closing,...
Bankruptcy Roundup NBN Gets 13 New Clients After Battle With Perseus; Anchorage Store Bankrupt
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Bankruptcy Roundup NBN Gets 13 New Clients After Battle With Perseus; Anchorage Store Bankrupt CALIFORNIA/3/28/07-After losing its bid to purchase bankrupt PGW, National Book Network has picked up 13 former PGW...
Bertelsmann’s Record Revenues Fuel RH’s Virtual Expansion
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Bertelsmann's Record Revenues Fuel RH's Virtual Expansion BERLIN/3/28/07The German-based international media company, Bertelsmann AG, last week announced its most successful year in history with a 7.9% growth in...
Barnes & Noble Forecasts 07 Losses Despite Growing Profits
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Barnes & Noble Forecasts 07 Losses Despite Growing Profits New York, NY/3/22/07-Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the worlds largest bookseller, March 22 reported sales and preliminary financial results for the...
Warner Books To Be Named Grand Central
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 29 - April 5, 2007 Edition Warner Books To Be Named Grand Central NEW YORK, NY/3/28/07-Warner Books has changed its name to Grand Central Publishing and the new moniker and logo will be officially introduced at BookExpo America in June 2007....
Scorsese, Wahlberg Option Small Press Book for HBO Series
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 22- March 29, 2007 Edition Scorsese, Wahlberg Option Small Press Book for HBO Series MEDFORD, NJ/3/22/07--A little-known New Jersey publishing house, Plexus Publishing, has just landed a film/TV option with Martin Scorsese and Mark Wahlberg...
Two Key Publishers, Holtzbrinck, Perseus Launch New Imprints
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 22- March 29, 2007 Edition Two Key Publishers, Holtzbrinck, Perseus Launch New Imprints NEW YORK, NY/3/21/07--Holtzbrinck Publishers, which also owns St. Martin's Press, and Perseus Books Group, which just acquired the assets of PGW...
Random House Adds Audiobooks To Popular Widget Sampling
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 22- March 29, 2007 Edition Random House Adds Audiobooks To Popular Widget Sampling NEW YORK, NY/3/16/07--After recently launching Insight, its content search and browsing service containing over 5,000 of its print books, Random House, Inc....
