MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1 - March 8, 2007 Edition New Atlantic Bookseller Conference Participants to Become Sales Reps WESTBURY, NY/3/1/2007--The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association has replaced its fall trade show with a booksellers sales conference,...
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Shoemaker Forms New Literary Press In Avalon Buy-Back
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1 - March 8, 2007 Edition Shoemaker Forms New Literary Press In Avalon Buy-Back EMERYVILLE, CA/2/23/07-Jack Shoemaker, co-founder of two significant independent publishers, has joined Avalon Publishing’s founder Charlie Winton, to...
Penguin Group Delivers Strong Results in 2006
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1 - March 8, 2007 Edition Penguin Group Delivers Strong Results in 2006 NEW YORK, NY/2/26/07--Penguin Group [all companies around the world, including DK] today reported its operating results for the year ending December 31, 2006. Underlying...
CBS Shows Strong Year-End Results, S&S Revenues Up 7%
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1 - March 8, 2007 Edition CBS Shows Strong Year-End Results, S&S Revenues Up 7% NEW YORK, NY/2/27/07--CBS Corporation today reported its first results as a stand-alone company with increases in revenues for both the fourth quarter of 2006 and...
Pulitzer Author To Keynote UM Summit
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 22- March 1, 2007 Edition Pulitzer Author To Keynote UM Summit COLUMBIA, MO/2/22/07--What do a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, the CEO of a publishing giant and Columbia's 2006 Citizen of the Year have in common? They're among the...
Krause Promoted To Publisher At Llewellyn
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 22- March 1, 2007 Edition Krause Promoted To Publisher At Llewellyn WOODBURY, MN/2/20/07--Bill Krause has been promoted to publisher and acquisitions manager at Llewellyn, the Minnesota publisher that specializes in personal growth titles...
Former Fed Chair Greenspan to Keynote BookExpo America
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 22- March 1, 2007 Edition Former Fed Chair Greenspan to Keynote BookExpo America NORWALK, CT/2/16/07--The former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Dr. Alan Greenspan, will kick off BookExpo America’s (BEA’s) author events...
Bram Stoker Awards Committee Picks Shortlist Authors
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 22- March 1, 2007 Edition Bram Stoker Awards Committee Picks Shortlist Authors 2/19/07--The Horror Writers Association Sunday, February 18 announced its shortlist for the coveted Bram Stocker Awards. Mark Worthen and Hank Schwaeble, Stoker...
Knopf Launches Online Promo Service For Booksellers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 22- March 1, 2007 Edition Knopf Launches Online Promo Service For Booksellers NEW YORK, NY/2/22/07--Knopf, a division of Random House, has launched a new area of its BORZOI READER, to deliver a variety of promotional items directly to...
Borders Beefs Up Book Clubs In Store and Online
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 22- March 1, 2007 Edition Borders Beefs Up Book Clubs In-Store and Online 2/19/07--Giant retail bookseller Borders is beefing up its new online book club with publishers’ reading group guides, author biographies, book recommendations...
