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...
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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...
Seven Seas Novel Line for Teens Set to Launch
Untitled Document LOS ANGELES, CA, NY/12/7/06—Manga comics publisher Seven Seas Entertainment has launched a new line of children’s books for kids on the verge of becoming teenagers. The line will debut next summer with the first 12 books. In addition the...
Warner Cancels Ovitz Biography, Finke Gets New Literary Agent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 7 - December 14, 2006 Edition Warner Cancels Ovitz Biography, Finke Gets New Literary Agent NEW YORK, NY/12/7/06—Alice Martell, The Martell Agency, has picked up Nikki Finke’s long-awaited biography of Hollywood mogul Michael...
Houghton Mifflin Trade Division Not Affected by Company Sale
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 7 - December 14, 2006 Edition Houghton Mifflin Sale Wont Impact Trade Division BOSTON, MA/12/7/06—The $3.4 billion sale of US educational and trade publisher Houghton Mifflin to HM Rivergroup PLC, a newly-formed Irish public limited...
Stacey Barney Appointed Editor at Putnam Books
PEOPLE NEWS HEADLINES November 30 - December 7, 2006 Edition Stacey Barney Appointed Editor at Putnam Books Stacey Barney has been appointed Editor at Putnam Books for Young Readers it was announced today by Nancy Paulsen, President and Publisher, Putnam Books for...
