MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition LibreDigital Service Delivers Breakthrough Browser For Publishers AUSTIN, TX/8/22/06—LibreDigital, a new division of NewsStand, Inc., has announced it has launched the first service that allows book...
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Penguin’s Perigee Imprint to Start Self-Help Line
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition Market Tip Penguins Perigee Imprint to Start Self-Help Line NEW YORK, NY/8/23/06—Penguin's nonfiction imprint, Perigee, is launching a line of self-help books together with Infinite Ideas, the UK publisher...
Barnes & Noble Reports Sluggish Second Quarter Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Sluggish Second Quarter Sales NEW YORK, NY/8/17/06—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) has reported sales and earnings for the second quarter ended July 29, 2006. Sales for the...
Quill Award Announces 2006 Nominees
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24- August 31, 2006 Edition Quill Awards Announces 2006 Nominees NEW YORK, NY/8/22/2006NBC Universal Television Stations and Reed Business Information (RBI) have announced the five nominees in each of 19 categories for the 2006 Quill...
Drugan to Step Down as NEBA Director
PEOPLE August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Drugan to Step Down as NEBA Director 8/14/2006The New England Booksellers Association is losing its longtime executive director, Rusty Drugan, who is stepping down due to illness. Drugan, who has held the post since 1992,...
Houghton Mifflin Reports ’06 Second Quarter Results
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Houghton Mifflin Reports 06 Second Quarter Results BOSTON/8/10/2006Houghton Mifflin Company, together with its parent, HM Publishing Corp. (the Company), reported consolidated results for the second quarter...
Jane Brody to Join Random House for Major Book on the End of Life
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Jane Brody to Join Random House for Major Book on the End of Life NEW YORK, NY/8/16/2006Nancy Miller, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of Random House, has pre-empted North American rights for the...
Quatro Groups Posts Strong First Half
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Quarto Group Posts Strong First Half LONDON/8/11/2006The Quarto Group, Inc., the UK-based independent book producer and publisher based in London, announced a strong first half of the year, highlighting the...
Market Tip: Miami University Press Offers Award For Short Novels
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Market Tip: Miami University Press Offers Award For Short Novels The novella form has had a long and distinguished place in American literature, and has triumphed in the hands of Herman Melville, Henry James,...
Random House Films and Focus Features Set First Film Shoot
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Random House Films And Focus Features Set First Film Shoot New York, NY/8/16/06—RESERVATION ROAD will begin production this fall, marking the inaugural movie to be made in the filmmaking partnership between...
