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....
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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....
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...
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...
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...
LibreDigital Service Delivers Breakthrough Browser For Publishers
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...
Vintage/Anchor Sends Science Writer on 19-City Tour for New Book, 1491
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition Vintage/Anchor Sends Science Writer on 19-City Tour for New Book, 1491 NEW YORK, NY/8/23/06—Vintage/Anchor/Random House is sending award-winning science writer Charles Mann on a 19-city author tour to...
Harlequin Launches New Online eBook Entertainment Boutique
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition Harlequin Launches New Online eBook Entertainment Boutique TORONTO/8/22/06—Harlequin Enterprises Limited (www.Harlequin.com), the global leader in series romance and one of the world's leading...
