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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 6 - July 13, 2006 Edition Springer Launches eBook Program Via New Springerlink BERLIN, GERMANY/7/4/2006—In a move that promises to accelerate the acceptance of eBooks and electronic publishing, Springer Science+Business Media...

PEOPLE July 6 - July 13, 2006 Edition Baen Books Founding Partner Jim Baen Dies RIVERDALE, NY/7/6/2006--Jim Baen, publisher of Baen Books, died on June 28th after suffering a massive stroke on June 12, 2006 from which he never awakened. The surviving partners of Baen...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1 - July 6, 2006 Edition Tiny Austin Publisher, Bard Press, Girds For Next Big Seller AUSTIN, TX/7/1/06—Tiny Austin, TX publisher Bard Press is about to release Little Black Book of Connections by Jeffrey Gitomer. It’s the follow...