Gütersloh, April 10, 2013 – Julia Jäkel, CEO of Gruner + Jahr, is joining Bertelsmann’s Group Management Committee (GMC) with immediate effect. Bertelsmann owns Random House in the USA. Thomas Rabe, Bertelsmann's CEO, says: “I am...

NEW YORK, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) announced today that its first quarter 2013 results will be issued on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 via news release at approximately 7:15 a.m. Eastern Time. The news release will be...

NEW YORK (April 9, 2013)_ The 2013 New York Book Festival will hold a day festival on Saturday, June 22 at the Radisson Martinique on Broadway hotel for its annual event honoring books that deserve greater recognition from the world's publishing capital. Those...

Berlin, March 26, 2013 – Random House parent company Bertelsmann today reported a record year for the publishing house, announcing that the publisher’s worldwide revenue rose 22.5%, to 2.14 billion euros, while operating EBIT skyrocketed 75.6% to 325 million euros....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Mar 18 - Mar 24, 2013 Edition 2013 PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES PARIS/March 20, 2013--The 2013 Paris Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual event honoring the best of international publishing. The 2013 Paris Book Festival...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Mar 18 - Mar 24, 2013 Edition SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL SET May 18 SAN FRANCISCO/March 19, 2013--The San Francisco Book Festival is holding a FREE and open to the public daytime book fair and publishing seminar on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 11...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Mar 18 - Mar 24, 2013 Edition Children’s and Teen Book Awards Voting Begins New York, NY — March 19, 2013 – The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader have opened voting for the 6th annual Children’s and Teen Choice Book...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Mar 18 - Mar 24, 2013 Edition Columbia University Essay Conference Set New York, NY, March 19, 2013—The graduate Writing Program at Columbia University School of the Arts is pleased to announce the inaugural Stalking the Essay Conference, to be...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Mar 4 - Mar 10, 2013 Edition E L James Publishes Fifty Shades Journal New York, NY/3/11/13-- “I have always maintained that the best person to write for is yourself –and what better place to start than in a journal.” --E L James...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES Mar 4 - Mar 10, 2013 Edition Penguin Random House Merger Okayed in Australia NGütersloh, March 8, 2013 – The ACCC in Australia will approve the planned combination of Random House and Penguin Group, the book-publishing operations of the two...