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...
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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...
Associate Publisher Leaves Workman
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Associate Publisher Leaves Workman NEW YORK, NY/11/9/06—Katie Workman, associate publisher of Workman Publishing, which is owned by her father, president and publisher Peter Workman, is leaving the...
Indy BooksellersÂ’ Take to Airways To Boost Book Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Indy BooksellersÂ’ Take to Airways To Boost Book Sales WESTBURY, NY/11/15/06—The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) and seven other regional U.S. bookseller associations are working...
You on a Diet Sells Out At 1.5 million Copies, More Books on the Way
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition You on a Diet Sells Out At 1.5 million Copies, More Books on the Way NEW YORK, NY/11/15/06—You: On a Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management—the latest in the book series, YOU: The...
Random House Restructuring Effort Smaller Than Rumored
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Random House Restructuring Effort Smaller Than Rumored NEW YORK, NY/11/13/06—Rumors that large layoffs have taken place within Random House publishing sales force have been called "inaccurate"...
Houghton Mifflin Publishing Revenues Dip, But Profits Jump
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Houghton Mifflin Publishing Revenues Dip, But Profits Jump BOSTON, MA/11/9/06—Houghton Mifflin Company and its parent company HM Publishing Corporation, reported a dip of 1.4% in revenues for the third...
HarperCollins Income Declines, New Media Soars
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition HarperCollins Income Declines, New Media Soars New York, NY/11/8/06—HarperCollins, the book publishing arm of News Corporation reported a $15 million decline in operating income to $55 million for its...
New Digital Book Standard Released by IDPF
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 9 - November 16, 2006 Edition New Digital Book Standard Released by IDPF NEW YORK, NY/11/8/06—The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade association for digital publishing, announced last week the...
