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Borders Books Announces Original Voices Awards Nominees for 2006

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 30 - December 7, 2006 Edition Borders Announces 2006 Original Voices Award Nominees ANN ARBOR, MI/11/22/06—Borders Inc., a subsidiary of Borders Group, Inc., a global retailer of books, music and movies, has announced the nominees...

Eugene O’Neill Biography Book 2 Due in ‘08

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 30 - December 7, 2006 Edition Final Volume Of Eugene O’Neill Biography Due in ‘08 NEW YORK, NY/11/28/06—Arthur Gelb, long associated with The New York Times and its former managing editor, as well as author of the critically...

News Corp Kills O.J. Simpson’s Book; What of Advance?

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition News Corp Kills O.J. Simpson’s Book; What of Advance? NEW YORK, NY/11/20/06—News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch has killed the publication of O.J. Simpson’s “confession” story, IF I DID IT, HERE’S HOW IT HAPPENED,...

Journalism Grant Links Journalists and Fine Arts

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition New Grant Links Journalism To the Fine Arts COLUMBIA, MO/11/22/06—Journalists write about not only arrests, court proceedings, scandals and murders, but also about music, art and theater. However, few...

Bookseller Books-a-Million Reports Sales Up, Losses Down

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition Books-A-Million 3rd Quarter Sales Inch Up; Losses Cut BIRMINGHAM, AL/11/17/06—Books-A-Million, Inc. reported a third-quarter sales increase of 3.2% to $110.7 million from sales of $107.3 million in the...

Barnes & Noble Third Quarter Results Show Small Increase

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Preliminary 3rd Quarter Results NEW YORK, NY/11/16/06—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller showed a small overall sales increase of 3% for...

Readers Digest Acquired by Investor Group

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition Investor Group Agrees to Acquire Reader's Digest PLEASANTVILLE, NY/11/16/06—The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE: RDA) has agreed to a $2.4 billion merger with an investment group led by...

John Wiley to Acquire Blackwell Publishing In United Kingdom

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 23 - November 30, 2006 Edition John Wiley to Acquire Blackwell Publishing In United Kingdom HOBOKEN, NJ and OXFORD UK/11/17/06—John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) has agreed to Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd., one...

Stacey Barney Lands New Post

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Stacey Barney Lands New Post NEW YORK, NY/11/13/06—Stacey Barney, former editor at Kensington and at HarperCollins, has reportedly landed a new editorial post at one of the top five New York publishing...

Nelson Books Publisher Departs

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Nelson Books Publisher Departs NEW YORK, NY/11/13/06—Jonathan Merkh, senior vice president and publisher of Nelson Books and Nelson Business, is leaving at the end of November. Nelson is instigating a...