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In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  "Cutting Through the Noise"
The premise of Warner Twelve is that it will publish only 12 books a year, a reduced rate that Karp says will allow him to "focus relentlessly and exclusively" on his authors' work and devote the sales and marketing resources to encourage readers to pay attention, too.
I'll be close enough to the content and spirit of the book that I'll be able to communicate what's special about it to audiences with the help of the marketing machines at the Time Warner Book Group (TWX).
The risk with publishing only 12 books a year is that at least a few of them have to hit big or it doesn't justify the investment, the cost, and the overhead.
www.businessweek.com /innovate/content/aug2005/id20050822_427871.htm   (2291 words)

  
 GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER:Author of the Boxcar Children   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Warner's own childhood dream of living in a boxcar that inspired her to write the books she's most famous for.
In this book you have "the rest of the story" of this talented woman.
This book is at the same reading level as the Boxcar Children books themselves.
www.barbsbooks.com /GCWarner.htm   (433 words)

  
 Hachette Book Group USA - Home of Warner Books and Little, Brown and Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
is an entertaining book on entertaining from America's most delightfully unconventional hostess, Amy Sedaris.
Patrick McDonnell's hypnotic picture book, Just Like Heaven, featuring the stars of his Mutts comic strip is a captivating ode to everyday beauty and wonder.
Warner Books, its imprints with the name "Warner," and the W logo are trademarks of Time Warner Inc. or an affiliated company.
www.twbookmark.com   (412 words)

  
 Lagardère to buy Time Warner books - Business - International Herald Tribune
Time Warner tried to sell its book division in 2003, but failed to attract bids much higher than $300 million, sources said at the time.
A Lagardère spokesman said the price for Time Warner's book unit, which owns the Little, Brown children's and trade publishing imprint, was a little more than the total of 2005 sales.
Book publishers typically sell for up to one and a half times revenue, according to advisers on such deals.
www.iht.com /articles/2006/02/06/business/book.php   (526 words)

  
 Books
The original book on progesterone cream by John R. Lee M.D., the pioneer in the use of natural hormones, on using natural hormones, diet and exercise to treat menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats and osteoporosis.
Many case histories are included, and Dr. Hanley adds a new dimension to this book by addressing the emotional issues of premenopause symptoms as well as the use of herbs and nutritional supplements to treat symptoms.
The book is full of great stories from Dr. Lee’s medical practice, his often wry philosophy, and eye-opening factoids.
www.johnleemd.com /store/main_books.html   (763 words)

  
 Time Warner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warner Communications was established in 1972 when Kinney National Company spun off its non-entertainment assets, due to a financial scandal over its parking operations.
Warner bought out American Express's half in 1984, and sold the venture a year later to Viacom, which renamed it MTV Networks.
Warner Music Group was sold to a group of investors led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Time_Warner   (2028 words)

  
 Warner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arnie Warner is a municipal councillor in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
Harry Warner (1881-1958), one of the founders of Warner Bros.
Warner Bros., one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment founded in 1923 by four brothers; Albert Warner, Harold Warner, Jack Warner, and Sam Warner
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warner   (300 words)

  
 Who Owns What: Time Warner
The largest media company in the world is the standard bearer of synergy and vertical integration in the modern digital age.
The marriage between "old" media Time Warner and "new" media AOL in 2000 was heralded by many experts as a sign of a new era.
With such influential brands as CNN, Warner Brothers studio, Sports Illustrated and AOL Instant Messaging, a Time Warner property is never too far away from any consumer's fingertips.
www.cjr.org /tools/owners/timewarner.asp   (301 words)

  
 Time Warner sells book division - The Boston Globe
Time Warner Inc. is selling its book publishing division to the French media and defense conglomerate Lagardere SCA for $537.5 million, the companies said yesterday.
Time Warner Book Group is the fifth-largest US book publisher, with a stable of writers that includes Nelson DeMille and James Patterson.
Time Warner, the world's biggest media company, has been trimming its diverse portfolio in recent years, including the sale of its music company, Warner Music Group.
www.boston.com /ae/books/articles/2006/02/07/time_warner_sells_book_division   (331 words)

  
 Warner Books
Warner Brothers - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Piano/Vocal/ Chords
Denis Ashton Warner et al - The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo- Japanese War, 1904-1905
Warner Books Used, new, and out of print books.
www.shopping.com /xGS-Warner_Books   (480 words)

  
 Time Warner Sells Book Group - Gawker
It is, undoubtedly, an anxious time for book group employees, as it is always is when there are major corporate changes at your employer.
While all of us at Time Inc. will miss our book colleagues, we are pleased they have found a permanent home at a company committed to book publishing worldwide that recognizes the talents of TWBG authors, management and staff.
The Time Warner Book Group -- the company, its staff and its library of memorable and award winning books -- have long been a valued part of Time Inc. and Time Warner.
www.gawker.com /news/time-inc/time-warner-sells-book-group-153019.php   (537 words)

  
 Jackie Warner Books on Amazon.com
Jackie Warner made his Major League debut on 04-12-1966 with the California Angels.
The most prestigious award an author of a baseball book could hope for would be the Seymour Medal Award.
Spitball magazine also has an annual award for baseball book of the year and we have a comprehensive list of those Casey Award winners online.
www.baseball-almanac.com /books/index.php?p=warneja03   (249 words)

  
 Warner Brothers Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
A pioneer woman, a gunman, and an Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor in this classic Western by Louis L'Amour.
Here for a new generation is a compelling glimpse of the values of service and duty that characterized America during the...
Favorite Warner Brothers animated characters pop off the page and come to life in these hilarious and colorful gift books.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Warner_Brothers   (389 words)

  
 WordSmitten's spotlight on genre fiction with Warner Books senior editor of romance novels::
For more than nine years, Warner Book's senior editor developed a clear understanding of the structure that makes romance fiction one of the strongest categories in bookselling, and she comments, "this is a genre of books where the product is written by women for women."
At Warner Forever, an imprint launched in 2003, she works with authors Carly Phillips, Wendy Corsi Staub (aka Wendy Markham), Deanna Kizis ("How to Meet Cute Boys"), Karen Rose, and Claire Delacroix.
In this interview, she comments on her entrée into genre fiction, the prejudices that still exist regarding historical and contemporary romance fiction, the evolution of the genre, its themes and its audience, as well as the importance of marketing and creative self-promotion for aspiring writers.
www.wordsmitten.com /2004editor_karen_warnerbooks.htm   (811 words)

  
 Time Warner books chief to step down
The head of Time Warner's consumer book division has announced his resignation, surprising employees who have seen the publisher rebound after being put up for sale two years ago.
The man, Laurence Kirshbaum, the chairman and chief executive of Time Warner Book Group, said Monday in a memo to employees that he would step down at the end of the year.
The Book Industry Study Group, a trade organization, reported Monday that sales of general-interest books for adults, also known as trade books, rose 4.8 percent last year, to $5.02 billion.
www.iht.com /articles/2005/05/17/business/warner.php   (419 words)

  
 SEC reviews AOL Time Warner books / Feds investigate accounting that helped firm meet profit targets over 3-year period
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining AOL Time Warner's accounting on several advertising deals, making the media giant the latest in a series of companies to have its finances called into question.
Richard Parsons, AOL Time Warner's chief executive, said in a conference call that the SEC is conducting a "fact finding" inquiry.
AOL Time Warner said the entire company earned a profit of $394 million (9 cents per share) in the second quarter compared with a loss of $734 million (17 cents) a year ago.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/25/BU186011.DTL   (927 words)

  
 Time Warner creates e-publishing unit | Tech News on ZDNet
NEW YORK -- Time Warner Inc. is creating a stand-alone electronic-publishing unit, according to an executive familiar with the plans, one of the first traditional publishers to make such a move.
Time Warner is also expected to announce that it has signed up a series of partners to aid distribution of its electronic books.
Although consumer book publishers are trailing their colleagues in educational or technical publishing, many are waking up to the threats and possibilities posed by new electronic formats.
news.zdnet.com /2100-9595_22-520965.html   (696 words)

  
 DC Comics and Warner Books Team-Up with Brad Meltzer
DC Comics (the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman) and Warner Books (the publisher of David Baldacci, James Patterson and Nelson DeMille) are teaming up for an unique cross-promotion.
This cross-promotion between DC Comics and Warner Books provides comic book fans with an exclusive early look at The Book of Fate, a novel that features a decade-old presidential crossword puzzle, a disturbing secret buried in Masonic history and a 200-year-old code invented by Thomas Jefferson.
The Book of Fate is chock full of plot twists, conspiracies and double crossings that should resonate with comic book fans accustomed to jaw-dropping cliffhangers and deadly secrets.
www.timewarner.com /corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1304103,00.html   (308 words)

  
 Just Books
Anyone who is a member of a book club will want to attend this very helpful event offering effective tips for improving your book club discussion and suggested readings hosted by Jenny Lawton, owner of Just Books, Too.
Just Books is the oldest independent bookstore in Fairfield County and has been family-owned since 1949.
Just Books was also voted the Best Independent Bookstore in Fairfield County by Fairfield County Weekly for two years in a row.
justbooks.org /news/2006/01/just_books_welcomes_mj_rose_ce.html   (1041 words)

  
 CBC.ca Arts - Superstar editor lands at Warner Books
Warner has named the 41-year-old publisher and editor-in-chief of Warner Twelve, which will release 12 books a year.
He said Warner was a good fit because of its aggressive approach.
Warner recently published Canadian Malcolm Gladwell's Blink and comedian Jon Stewart's America (The Book).
www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2005/07/21/KarpWarner_050721.html?ref=rss   (1209 words)

  
 Welcome to Hachette Book Group USA/Romance Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
To celebrate the Tampa, Florida setting of REAL WOMEN DON'T WEAR SIZE 2, Kelley St. John is giving away a week's vacation at a beautiful bay and beach guest house at exquisite Indian Rocks Beach, near Tampa.
Which Warner Books and Little, Brown titles are on the USA Today bestseller list?
Romantic Times BOOKReviews and read about books and contests from Warner Romance.
www.twbookmark.com /romance/index.html   (536 words)

  
 Hachette Book Group USA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hachette Book Group USA (HBG) is a publishing company owned by Hachette Livre, the largest publishing company in France.
It was formed when Hachette Livre purchased the Time Warner Book Group from Time Warner on March 31, 2006.
At the time of the acquisition, Hachette Livre split Time Warner Book Group into two parts: Hachette Book Group USA to focus on the American market, and Little, Brown Book Group for the UK.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Hachette_Book_Group_USA   (224 words)

  
 Hachette Book Group USA | New & Readworthy | Coming Soon...
brings a new book by James Patterson, Step on a Crack; a new look at dating with I Love You, Let's Meet by Virginia Vitzthum; a new paperback by Karen Rose, Count to Ten; and the start of a news series by Vince Van Patten and Robert J. Randisi, Picasso Flip.
Following in the blockbuster footsteps of David Baldacci and Michael Connelly, Robert Dugoni—the acclaimed author of The Jury Master—delivers a harrowing novel of murder and unbearable suspense.
A #1 bestseller in Europe, this book is one woman's remarkable journey out of the Indonesian jungle of her childhood and into the Western world she must confront as an adult.
www.hachettebookgroupusa.com /newreads/coming_soon.html   (3399 words)

  
 Time Warner: Home
Time Warner announced its first quarter 2006 results on Wednesday, May 3.
America Onlineâ??s Jonathan Miller and Time Warner Cableâ??s Glenn Britt to present at the Bear Stearns Media Conference.
Time Warner announced its first quarter 2005 results on Wednesday, May 4.
www.timewarner.com   (156 words)

  
 Susan Crandall - Warner Books Author
Susan's next book, A Kiss in Winter, will be released in January of 2007.
I try to post regularly with whatever happens to be rolling around in my mind at that particular moment.
Sometimes it's about books, research and writing, sometimes it's simply rambling thoughts.
www.susancrandall.net   (249 words)

  
 Time Warner adding e-books - May 23, 2000
The new unit, to be called ipublish.com, will maintain its own staff and solicit works independently of Time Warner's other publishing units but also will republish other Time Warner (TWX: Research, Estimates) titles electronically.
Awareness of the electronic book, or e-book, movement was spurred in March when best-selling author Stephen King released an electronic-only version of the novella, "Riding the Bullet."
Time Warner also has announced that Microsoft Reader with ClearType display technology will be a reading format for the iRead channel of iPublish.com at Time Warner Books.
money.cnn.com /2000/05/23/bizbuzz/timewarner   (361 words)

  
 mediabistro.com: Articles: From the Editors @ Mysterious Press/Warner Books: Kristen Weber
This kids' book editor hopes her input will spark authors' creativity -- plus, she's in hot pursuit of a horse series that'll gallop off the page.
I have been at Warner for five years and have worked in the editorial department for three of those.
Have a complete draft of your nonfiction book by the end of this class with professional book packager and agent Christa Bourg.
www.mediabistro.com /articles/cache/a6858.asp?c=mbennf   (502 words)

  
 Welcome to Hachette Book Group USA/Science Fiction & Fantasy Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Warner Books announces a newly developed list of graphic novels, which focuses on topical and rich storytelling, includes authors such as Mister Cartoon (JOKER TOWN, July 07), the illustrious members of the Wu-Tang Clan(WU-TANG GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES, Winter 08), and writer/documentary filmmaker Anthony Lappé (SHOOTING WAR, Nov 2007).
Hidden Empire, A Forest of Stars, and Horizon Storms, Books 1, 2, and 3 in Kevin J. Anderson's Saga of Seven Suns!
Read early reviews of his upcoming book The Terror, his publishing history, the latest news and special announcement's from Dan.
www.pathfinder.com /twep/aspect   (516 words)

  
 eBooks.com The World's Leading Source of eBooks
A #1 New York Times bestseller, Rich Dad, Poor Dad is a true story on the lessons about money that Robert Kiyosaki learned from his two 'dads.' One dad, a Ph.D. and superintendent of education, never...
Receive an email alert when we release new books in your field.
Books that are definitely worth a read - our Best Selling Fiction
www.ebooks.com   (501 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Warner Books": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
See all pages with references to Warner Books.
After the Mayflower arrives on the Massachusetts coast, two families, the Bigelows and the Hilyards, become ene-...
Reprinted in UK under the revised title, Warner Books, 1993 -'Vampire: Chilling Tales of the Undead (Target 0' 426 20164 7.
www.amazon.com /phrase/Warner-Books   (580 words)

  
 Carl Brandon Society blog: WARNER BOOKS, SEVEN STORIES PRESS, THE CARL BRANDON SOCIETY, AND OTHERS ESTABLISH THE ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Weblog of the Carl Brandon Society, dedicated to improving the visibility of people of colour in the speculative genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism, etc. (moderated jointly by CBS Steering Committee members).
WARNER BOOKS, SEVEN STORIES PRESS, THE CARL BRANDON SOCIETY, AND OTHERS ESTABLISH THE OCTAVIA E. Octavia E. Butler
The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund will enable writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops where Ms.
carlbrandon.org.cob-web.org:8888 /blog/2006/03/warner-books-seven-stories-press-carl.html   (539 words)

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