http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Books"  everywhere Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:06:49 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 50763 | Eason Counts €26.3m Cost Of Property Decline http://en.redtram.com/go/229181514/top100/ 229181514 Writedowns on property assets pushed book group Eason and Son €26.3m into the red in 2008. The company, which is owned by 250 shareholders, including current and former staff, posted the operating loss which included the Eason joint venture distribution Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181514/top100/ 50763 | Fury After Women Writers Excluded From 'Books Of The Year' http://en.redtram.com/go/229181513/top100/ 229181513 US trade magazine Publishers Weekly has come under fire for failing to include a single woman in its list of the top 10 titles of 2009. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181513/top100/ 50763 | Twitter Becomes Money Making Tool For Amazon http://en.redtram.com/go/229181511/top100/ 229181511 Amazon has added a new feature to its Amazon Associates program, which will allow members to directly share links to Amazon products and earn money via Twitter. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181511/top100/ 50763 | Hachette Book Group Drives Gains At Lagardère http://en.redtram.com/go/229181510/top100/ 229181510 Lagardère Publishing was the lone bright spot for parent company Lagardère SCA for the nine month period ended September 30 with total revenue up 8.3%, to €1.69 million, or a rise of 8.8% on a like-for-like basis. Sales rose 5.1% Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181510/top100/ 50763 | Results Rise At Simon & Schuster http://en.redtram.com/go/229181509/top100/ 229181509 Simon & Schuster turned in its best quarter of the year in the period ended September 30 with sales increasing 2.4%, to $230.4 million, and operating income ahead 13.6%, to $26.6 million. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181509/top100/ 50763 | Borders USA To Close 200 Walden Outlets In January http://en.redtram.com/go/229181508/top100/ 229181508 Borders Group is accelerating the pace of closing stores in its Waldenbooks Specialty Retail group, announcing Thursday that it will shut approximately 200 outlets in January. The retailer has been steadily closing its mall-based stores since 2001 and will have Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181508/top100/ 50763 | Assassin's Creed Renaissance http://en.redtram.com/go/229181507/top100/ 229181507 Penguin Books and Ubisoft announced today a groundbreaking partnership that will bring together the worlds of gaming and publishing in a unique collaboration. The new book, Assassin's Creed Renaissance, is based on Ubisoft Entertainment's blockbuster game Assassin's Creed II, and Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181507/top100/ 50763 | Flat Christmas Ahead, Survey Claims http://en.redtram.com/go/229181505/top100/ 229181505 Deloitte said that higher unemployment, taxes and National Insurance contributions will take their toll on retail sales next year. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181505/top100/ 50763 | Royal Mail Strikes Are Called Off http://en.redtram.com/go/229181504/top100/ 229181504 The postal strikes have been called off until at least the New Year to allow for fresh talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181504/top100/ 50763 | Retailers To Benefit As Credit Insurer Increases Cover http://en.redtram.com/go/229181503/top100/ 229181503 Atradius, one of the leading credit insurance firms, is to increase cover to UK companies. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181503/top100/ 50763 | Quarto Holds Steady http://en.redtram.com/go/229181502/top100/ 229181502 Quarto's results for the period from 1 July and unaudited results to 30 September are "in line with expectations". Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181502/top100/ 50763 | EU Block To Mandelson's Filesharing Laws Removed http://en.redtram.com/go/229181501/top100/ 229181501 A plan by the European Parliament to restrict the power of national governments to disconnect illegal filesharers has been dumped to win agreement on new telecoms competition laws. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181501/top100/ 50763 | Unflinching Alzheimer's Account Wins Top Medicine Writing Prize http://en.redtram.com/go/229181500/top100/ 229181500 When her mother-in-law Nancy was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Andrea Gillies and her family took the decision to move to a remote peninsula in northern Scotland to a house with space to accommodate Nancy and her elderly husband. Gillies kept an Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181500/top100/ 50763 | The Best (US) Book Publishing Companies To Work For http://en.redtram.com/go/229181498/top100/ 229181498 The "Best Book Publishing Companies to Work For" list is Book Business' annual ranking of companies that embody the philosophy that a company's employees are the key to its success, and that employee happiness translates to a more motivated, productive Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181498/top100/ 50763 | Canadian, American Writers Win French Literary Prizes http://en.redtram.com/go/229181497/top100/ 229181497 Haitian-born Canadian writer Dany Laferriere and American novelist Dave Eggers on Wednesday were awarded France's Medicis literary prize celebrating original writing. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:02 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181497/top100/ 50763 | Publishing House Reverse Book Ban Decision http://en.redtram.com/go/229181496/top100/ 229181496 Thousands of protesters have shamed publishing house Scholastic into u-turning their decision to ban a school book because it featured lesbian parents. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181496/top100/ 50763 | Vietnamese Refugee Wins Australian Prime Minister's Award For Fiction http://en.redtram.com/go/229181495/top100/ 229181495 He came to Australia as a refugee from Vietnam, and now Nam Le's debut collection of short stories has triumphed over the cream of the country's novelists to win the Australian prime minister's literary award for fiction. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:43:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181495/top100/ 50763 | Profits Bounce Back At HarperCollins http://en.redtram.com/go/229181494/top100/ 229181494 After a difficult fiscal 2009, which ended June 30, HarperCollins reported a big jump in operating profit for the first quarter ended September 30, though sales slipped slightly. Profits in the period rose to $20 million from $3 million in Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:43:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181494/top100/ 50763 | Sefi Atta Wins Noma Award http://en.redtram.com/go/229181493/top100/ 229181493 Sefi Atta has won this year's Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. Her collection of short stories titled, Lawless and Other Stories published last year by Farafina, an imprint of Kachifo Limited, Lagos, won her the prize, which is worth Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:43:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181493/top100/ 50763 | Simon & Schuster Unveils Internal E-galley System http://en.redtram.com/go/229181491/top100/ 229181491 Simon & Schuster has unveiled an e-galley program to provide digital ARCs to the media. Galley Grab, which is still in beta at www.galleygrab.com, offers DRM protected downloads of S&S titles that can be read on various e-readers, including the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:43:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229181491/top100/