MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 27 - August 3, 2006 Edition DeVito to Head Sterlings New Innovation Imprint NEW YORK, NY/7/24/06—Sterling Publishing will launch a new imprint called Sterling Innovation in spring 2007. The new unit, to be headed by former Penguin...
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Scholastic Posts 10% Increase In Annual Income
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 27 - August 3, 2006 Edition Scholastic Posts 10% Increase In Annual Income NEW YORK, NY/7/20/06Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has announced its results for the fiscal 2006 fourth quarter and full year and its outlook for fiscal 2007....
S&S Consolidates Sales Force, Expands to Specialty Markets
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 27 - August 3, 2006 Edition S&S Consolidates Sales Force, Expands to Specialty Markets NEW YORK, NY/7/24/06—Simon & Schuster is reorganizing its field sales force beyond chains and independent booksellers to include specialty...
Bernard Departs Harcourt to Join Guggenheim
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 27 - August 3, 2006 Edition Bernard Departs Harcourt to Join Guggenheim NEW YORK, NY/7/24/06—Andre Bernard, longtime publisher and vice president of Harcourt Publishing, is leaving in early August to become vice president of the...
Central Coast Book Festival Celebrates Reading and Writing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 20 - July 27, 2006 Edition Central Coast Book Festival Celebrates Reading and Writing San Luis Obispo, CA/7/18/06Book lovers by the thousands will converge upon San Luis Obispos Mission Plaza for the 7th Annual Central Coast Book & Author...
Gagliano Moves to Perigee from Clarkson Potter
PEOPLE July 20 - July 27, 2006 Edition Gagliano Moves to Perigee from Clarkson Potter NEW YORK, NY/7/18/06Maria Gagliano has been named an associate editor at Perigee Books, a division of Penguin group USA, which includes HP Books and Prentice Hall Press. Ms....
Borders Group Names George L. Jones President, CEO
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 20 - July 27, 2006 Edition Borders Group Names George L. Jones President, CEO ANN ARBOR, MI/7/17/06—George L. Jones has taken over as president, chief executive officer, and a director of Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) effective July...
AAP Says Web Design, Audio Jobs Show Largest Gains in Book Industry
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 20 - July 27, 2006 Edition AAP Says Web Design, Audio Jobs Show Largest Gains in Book Industry NEW YORK, NY/7/18/06—Reflecting the growing power of the Internet as a medium for accessing and marketing published works, positions in web...
Random House May Acquire Christian Publisher
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 20 - July 27, 2006 Edition Random House May Acquire Christian Publisher NEW YORK, NY/7/17/06—Oregon-based Multnomah Publishers, a Christian press headed by Don Jacobson as president and publisher, has been placed up for sale and rumors...
EDC Plans To Acquire Intervisual Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 20 - July 27, 2006 Edition EDC Plans To Acquire Intervisual Books TULSA, OK/7/18/06—Tulsa-based Educational Development Corp., which distributes the UK publisher Usborne Publishing’s line of children’s books in the U.S.,...
