MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 24 - August 31, 2006 Edition BREAKING NEWS SEC Subpoenas Barnes & Noble For Options Inquiry NEW YORK, NY/8/29/2006The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has subpoenaed Barnes & Noble Inc. to inquire into its stock option...
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Bookstore Sales See Slight Gain for June 2006
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 17 - August 24, 2006 Edition Bookstore Sales See Slight Gain For June 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C./8/14/06Preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that bookstores experienced a 4.2% increase in sales for June 2006 to $1.18 billion....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Raimi Options Goodkinds Sword For Film Release
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 3 - 17, 2006 Edition Raimi Options Goodkinds Sword For Film Release NEW YORK, NY/8/1/06—Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series has locked up a film option for the entire series with famed director Sam Raimi, best known for his...
Hancock Named VP at Rodale
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 3 - 17, 2006 Edition Hancock Named VP at Rodale NEW YORK, NY/8/1/06—Nancy Hancock has been named vice president and executive editor at Rodale. She will acquire health and wellness books, and will report to publisher Liz Perl. Hancock...
