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.,...

Breaking News B& N Executives Face Lawsuit on Backdating Options LONDON/NEW YORK/7/14/1006—Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest bookseller, has called for a review of its own practices over executive share options, after a shareholder filed a lawsuit charging B&N with...

Feiwel & Friends To Co-Publish Kids’ Books With Macmillan NEW YORK, NY/7/10/2006—Two divisions of Holtzbrinck Publishers—one in the US and the other in the UK, will co-publish certain titles beginning in the fall of 2007. Feiwel & Friends, a new Holtzbrinck imprint in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 13- July 20, 2006 Edition Goodkind’s Phantom Due for Big Summer Release on July 18 NEW YORK, NY/7/12/06—Terry Goodkind’s newest book, Phantom, will be released by Tor July 18 with an initial press run of 500,000 copies. It is one...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 13- July 20, 2006 Edition Feiwel & Friends To Co-Publish Kids’ Books With Macmillan NEW YORK, NY/7/10/06—Two divisions of Holtzbrinck Publishers­one in the US and the other in the UK, will co-publish certain titles beginning in the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 13- July 20, 2006 Edition Scribner Taps Colin Robinson As Senior Editor NEW YORK, NY/7/11/06—Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, has named Colin Robinson as a senior editor, effective this month. He joins Scribner after serving...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 13- July 20, 2006 Edition Oakes Resigns As Publisher Of Thunder’s Mouth NEW YORK, NY/7/10/06—John Oakes, best known as founder of the independent publisher Four Walls, Eight Windows, has resigned as publisher of Thunder’s Mouth...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 13- July 20, 2006 Edition HarperCollins UK to Re-brand All Paperback Imprints LONDON/7/11/06—HARPERCOLLINS is re-branding its UK paperbacks list as HarperPaperbacks from this month forward. According to Publishing News Direct,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 6 - July 13, 2006 Edition Bertelsmann Buys Back Groupe Bruxelles Stake To Avoid Public Offer GUTERSLOSH, GERMANY/7/4/2006—Bertelsmann, AG, in an effort to remain a private entity and avoid a possible public offering, has bought back Groupe...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 6 - July 13, 2006 Edition NY Investors Complete Purchase of Baker & Taylor NEW YORK, NY/7/6/2006—The New-York-based investment firm Castle Harlan, has completed acquisition of Baker & Taylor for an estimated $455 million. Plans to acquire...