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...
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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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
