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...
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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...
AMS Sale Due Courts OK on March 5, PGW Woes Remain
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 22- March 1, 2007 Edition AMS Sale Due Courts OK on March 5 PGW Woes Remain DELAWARE/2/22/07--The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has set February 28 at 5 p.m. as the date for any objections to the sale of Advanced Marketing Systems, Inc. to Baker...
Harcourt Up For Sale; Trade Division Included
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 22- March 1, 2007 Edition Harcourt Up For Sale; Trade Division Included LONDON/2/22/07--Reed Elsevier announced to shareholders February 15 that it will sell the Harcourt Education division, with sales of about $1.63 billion (£889...
B&T to Present AMS Acquisition Bid on Friday PGW Hearing Set Feb. 28
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15 - February 22, 2007 Edition BREAKING NEWS B&T to Present AMS Acquisition Bid on Friday PGW Hearing Set Feb. 28 WILMINGTON, DELAWARE/2/15/2007—Baker & Taylor on February 12, submitted a revised letter of intent outlining the terms...
Killer Year Authors Spring More Suspense
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15 - February 22, 2007 Edition Killer Year Authors Spring More Suspense NEW YORK, NY/2/13/07--One has been called “a hilarious caper” and the other finds the lead character at a crime scene at “the wrong time.”...
Publishers Submit Copyright Concerns to U.S. Trade Office
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15 - February 22, 2007 Edition Publishers Submit Copyright Concerns to U.S. Trade Office WASHINGTON, DC/2/13/07--The Association of American Publishers (AAP), joined with six other copyright-related trade associations to submit its annual...
Time Warner Books Bolsters Lagardere Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15 - February 22, 2007 Edition Time Warner Books Bolsters Lagardere Sales PARIS/2/9/07--Lagardere SCA, the France-based parent company of Hachette Livre, reported yesterday that 2006 full-year consolidated revenues rose 7.6% and Media...
