MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 7 - September 14, 2006 Edition Public Domain Books Now Online At Google Search 9/5/06—As of August 30, users can now go to Google Book Search and download and print full copies of out-of-copyright books to readfor free. Users...
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Spring Acquires Research Publisher Humana Press
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 7 - September 14, 2006 Edition Spring Acquires Research Publisher Humana Press 9/5/06—German-based Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com), one of the world’s leading suppliers of scientific and specialist...
HarperCollins, Penguin, Springer All Courting China
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 7 - September 14, 2006 Edition HarperCollins, Penguin, Springer All Courting China 9/07/06—Three large media companies have either announced publishing alliances or have established new offices in China this summer to tap a market...
Penguin to Publish Tom DeLays New Book on Conservatism
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 7 - September 14, 2006 Edition Penguin to Publish Tom DeLays New Book on Conservatism /9/05/06—Penguin Putnam has acquired a new book from former U.S. House majority leader and recently retired Congressman Tom DeLay for its...
Norman Mailer To Publish Another Novel After 10 Years
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Norman Mailer To Publish Another Novel After 10 Years NEW YORK, NY/8/28/06—Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer will publish his first new novel in ten years, it was announced by publisher Random...
Borders Group Reports 4% Dip In Second Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Borders Group Reports 4% Dip In Second Quarter ANN ARBOR, MICH/8/22/06—Borders Group, Inc. reported a 4% decline in sales for the second quarter ended July 29, 2006, compared to the same period in 2005....
Perkins Award Goes to Fisketjon For Top Fiction
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Perkins Award Goes to Fisketjon For Top Fiction NEW YORK, NY/8/23/06—Gary Fisketjon, vice president and editor-at-large of Knopf/Random House, has been awarded the 2006 Maxwell E. Perkins Award for...
Bestselling Author Thor Signs New Book Deal with Atria Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Bestselling Author Thor Signs New Book Deal with Atria Books NEW YORK, NY/8/28/06—Brad Thor, New York Times best-selling author of Blowback and Takedown, has signed a new deal with Atria Books for another...
Healy Appointed New BISG Executive Director
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Healy Appointed New BISG Executive Director New York, NY/8/29/06—Michael Healy, Editorial Director of Nielsen Book Services, has been appointed Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc....
Childrens Book Council Names New Director
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Childrens Book Council Names New Director NEW YORK, NY/8/28/06—The Children’s Book Council Inc., nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books for children and young...
