MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition S&S Loses Bid as Lead AMS Creditor WILMINGTON, DELEWARE/1/22/2007—Delaware’s U.S. Bankruptcy Court ruled yesterday that financial institutions which loaned money to bankrupt Advanced Marketing Services (AMS)...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition Wiesner, Patron Win Caldecott, Newbery Awards SEATTLE, WA/1/22/07—The Association for Library Service at its midwinter meeting in Seattle, announced winners of two prestigious children’s book...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition Wife of Former Governor McGreevey To Write Memoir NEW YORK, NY/1/18/07—Hyperion has announced plans to publish a book by Dina Matos McGreevey, the ex-wife of former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, who...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition Ostrowski Named Bertelsmann CEO, Gives RH Heads Up GERMANY/1/19/07—The Bertelsmann AG Supervisory Board has appointed Hartmut Ostrowski (48) Bertelsmann AG’s next Chairman & CEO, effective...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition Scholastic Names Maureen O’Connell Executive Vice President NEW YORK, NY/1/18/07—Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, has announced...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition HarperCollins Shuts Down ReganMedia LOS ANGELES, CA/1/19/07—HarperCollins will close ReganMedia in Los Angeles on March 1, following the December firing of its publisher Judith Regan over anti-Semitic...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition Atria to Publish Noah Charney’s Debut Novel The Art Thief NEW YORK, NY/1/17/2007–Atria Books has secured world rights, excluding Spain, to a novel by author Noah Charney, Judith Curr, executive...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition R& L Acquires Cowley Publications From St. John Monks LANHAM, MD/1/15/07—Rowman & Littlefield has acquired Cowley Publications, owned for 28 years by the Society of Saint John the Evangelist, a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition Rodale Press Launches “Modern Times” Imprint /1/16/07—Rodale Press, among the largest independent book publishers in the U.S., has just announced a new imprint called Modern Times, which will focus on...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition HarperCollins Alliance Offers Digital Services To Other Publishers NEW YORK, NY/1/18/07—HarperCollins has acquired a stake in NewsStand, Inc., the parent company of LibreDigital, a new digital content delivery...