MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 7 - September 14, 2006 Edition Books-a-Million Continues Stock Repurchase Program BIRMINGHAM, Ala./9/5/2006Books-A-Million, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:BAMM) has announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a program to repurchase up to $25...
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Author Cornwell Provides Home for Dogs Victimized by Hurricane
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 7 - September 14, 2006 Edition Author Cornwell Provides Home for Dogs Victimized by Hurricane TYLERTOWN, MISSISSIPPI/8/30/2006Patricia Cornwell, internationally known #1 bestselling author, can now add, among her millions of fans around...
Bertelsmann Continues Growth In First Half of 2006
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 7 - September 14, 2006 Edition Bertelsmann Continues Growth In First Half of 2006 Gütersloh/9/6/2006Bertelsmann, which owns Random House, continued on its expansionist course during the first half of the 2006 fiscal year, increasing both...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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....
