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 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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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 1 - July 6, 2006 Edition University Presses Ponder Challenges of New Digital Age NEW ORLEANS, LA/6/19/06—More than 500 people attended the American Association of University Presses annual meeting June 15-18 in New Orleans. The focus of...