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...
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Wife of Former Governor McGreevey to Write Memoir
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...
Wiesner, Patron Win Caldecott, Newbery Awards
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...
S&S Loses Bid as Lead AMS Creditor
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 25 - February 1, 2007 Edition S&S Loses Bid as Lead AMS Creditor WILMINGTON, DELEWARE/1/22/2007Delawares U.S. Bankruptcy Court ruled yesterday that financial institutions which loaned money to bankrupt Advanced Marketing Services (AMS)...
Borders to Encourage Book Talk on Hot Gather.com Network
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition Borders to Encourage Book Talk on Hot Gather.com Network ANN ARBOR, MI/1/17/07Borders Books, Inc. has formed an alliance with Gather.com, the social networking site, to encourage discussions about books, thus...
November Year-to-Date Book Sales Flat
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition November Year-to-Date Book Sales Flat NEW YORK, NY/1/17/07—U.S. books sales maintained an upward climb for November 2006, compared to November 2005 for most of the categories tracked by the Association of...
Court Names Creditors Committee For AMS Bankruptcy
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition Court Names Creditors Committee For AMS Bankruptcy NEW YORK, NY/1/17/07—Delaware’s U.S., Bankruptcy Court yesterday named a creditors’ committee to represent the interests of unsecured...
HarperCollins Alliance Offers Digital Services To Other Publishers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 18 - January 25, 2007 Edition HarperCollins Alliance Offers Digital Services To Other Publishers NEW YORK, NY/1/18/07HarperCollins has acquired a stake in NewsStand, Inc., the parent company of LibreDigital, a new digital content delivery...
Rodale Press Launches Modern Times Imprint
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...
R& L Acquires Cowley Publications From St. John Monks
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...
