MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 21- December 28, 2006 Edition Random House CEO Touts 06 Successes, Sees Tough Year Ahead NEW YORK, NY/12/20/06—Random House, Inc. CEO Peter W. Olson, in his year-end letter to employees yesterday, touted his company’s...
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Carroll & Graf Names Strachan Editor in Chief
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 14- December 21, 2006 Edition Breaking News Carroll & Graf Names Strachan Editor-in-Chief NEW YORK, NY/14/11/06Avalon Publishing Group's Will Balliett, Publisher and Editorial Director of Carroll & Graf Publishers and Thunder's Mouth...
Philip Turner Joins Sterling to Head Union Square Press-New Nonfiction Imprint
PEOPLE NEWS HEADLINES December 14 - December 21, 2006 Edition Philip Turner Joins Sterling to Head Union Square Press-New Nonfiction Imprint New York, NY/12/7/2006—Sterling announces today that Philip Turner-currently Vice President, Avalon Publishing Group-...
Zika Named Executive Editor for Bookspans Madison Park Press
PEOPLE NEWS HEADLINES December 14 - December 21, 2006 Edition Zika Named Executive Editor for Bookspans Madison Park Press New York, NY/12/7/2006—Carole Baron, Senior Vice President & Publishing Director of Bookspan, has announced the appointment of Christine...
Hachette Deputy Chairman Egen to Step Down
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 14- December 21, 2006 Edition Hachette Deputy Chairman Egen to Step Down NEW YORK, NY/12/12/06—Maureen Egen, deputy chairman and publisher of the Hachette Book Group USA, has announced she is stepping down from her publishing roles...
MSN Battles Google to Win Book Search War
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 14- December 21, 2006 Edition MSN Battles Google to Win Book Search War SEATTLE, WA/12/11/06—Microsoft released its beta version of Live Search Books last week, making tens of thousands of out-of-copyright books available from its...
New Yorker Takes In-Depth Look at the Bible Business
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 14- December 21, 2006 Edition The New Yorker Takes In-Depth Look At the Bible Business NEW YORK, NY/12/13/06—The Bible is the best-selling book of the year every year in America. Conservative estimates show that in 2005 Americans...
Forbes Releases List of Top-Earning Authors for 2006
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 14- December 21, 2006 Edition Forbes Releases List of Top-Earning Authors for 2006 NEW YORK, NY/12/12/06—Forbes Magazine has released its annual list of top-earning authors. Heading the group in sales this year is Dan Brown’s...
Book Sales for October Up 13.8%, AAP Reports
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 14- December 21, 2006 Edition October Book Sales Up 13.8% AAP Reports NEW YORK, NY/12/11/06—Books sales continued their upward swing in October for most of the categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Net...
BEA, OReilly Bring Digital World Closer to Publishers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 7 - December 14, 2006 Edition BEA, OReilly Bring Digital World Closer to Publishers NEW YORK /12/7/06—Two announcements this week signal a growing focus by the publishing trade upon the digital world. BookExpo America is expanding...
