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....
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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...
Pocket To Publish Blokhedz Graphic Novels in 2007
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Pocket To Publish Blokhedz Graphic Novels in 2007 NEW YORK, NY/08/23/06—Louise Burke, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Pocket Books, has announced that Pocket Books has acquired world rights from...
Amazon Approves Stock Repurchase To Boost Performance
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Amazon Approves Stock Repurchase To Boost Performance NEW YORK, NY/8/25/06—Amazon.com’s board of directors has approved the repurchase of up to $500 million of its common stock during the next two...
Kids Can Press Names Boersma As Publisher
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Kids Can Press Names Boersma As Publisher TORONTO/NEW YORK/8/28/06—Kids Can Press, a major children’s publisher with offices in both Toronto and New York, has promoted vice president and associate...
Market Tip: Hyperion to Launch New Women’s Imprint in April
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition Market Tip: Hyperion to Launch New Womens Imprint in April NEW YORK, NY/8/29/2006In April 2007, Hyperion will launch a new imprint aimed at women in their mid 30s and older. Named Voice, the imprint was...
The Book Sense National Bestseller List
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 31 - September 7, 2006 Edition The Book Sense National Bestseller List Published Thursday, August 31, 2006 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 27, 2006).Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense...
