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Firebrand Buys Dial-A-Book
Firebrand Technologies has acquired Dial-A-Book.
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Rowman & Littlefield Buys Alban Institute Book Program
In a deal that adds to its religion publishing program, Rowman & Littlefield has acquired the book operations of the Alban Institute.
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Regnery Parent In Talks to Sell Company
Jeff Carneal, president of Regnery Publishing parent company Eagle Publishing, has confirmed reports that the company is in talks to sell the publisher following the decision of founder Tom Phillips to retire.
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PRH Takes Ownership of Random House Struik
Penguin Random House has completed its purchase of Times Media Group's majority stake in South Africa-based Random House Struik.
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Lee & Low Buys Shen's Books
Lee & Low Books has acquired Shen's Books in a deal that adds to the company's list of multicultural children's titles.
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Midpoint Inks Deal with Ingram
Midpoint Trade Books has entered into an agreement with the Ingram Content Group through which Ingram will provide logistics, fulfillment, and print-on-demand services for Midpoint’s clients.
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Goldman Sachs Makes ProQuest Investment
ProQuest announced that an affiliate of Goldman Sachs will purchase “a significant minority equity interest” in the Ann Arbor-based company.
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Donnelley Buys Consolidated Graphics
R. R. Donnelley & Sons has agreed to acquire Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
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TAN Books Buys Neumann Press
TAN Books, the religious book publisher that is a division of Saint Benedict Press, has acquired Neumann Press, a Minnesota publisher of Catholic titles for children and adults.
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Mackin, Random House Partner
Mackin Educational Resources has partnered with Random House to offer its digital catalog of 36,000 titles of new and popular e-books to school libraries across the country.
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Ingram Adds Russia to Its Global Connect Network
The Ingram Content Group is expanding its Global Connect program to Russia, signing an agreement with the Russian media giant EE Media.
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PRH Takes Ownership of Penguin India
Penguin Random House has officially announced the completion of its purchase of Ananda Publishers Private Limited’s minority stake in Penguin Books India.
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Start Publishing Acquires Salvo Press
In the latest in a series of acquisitions by Start Publishing, the company has purchased Salvo Press, an independent house specializing in science fiction, fantasy and horror.
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Hardie Grant Buys Quadrille
Australian-based Hardie Grant has bought Quadrille, the U.K. illustrated publisher run by Alison Cathie. BookBrunch reports that Cathie and her management team will remain in place.
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PubMatch in Deal with Indie Author Group
The U.K-based Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) has reached an arrangement with PubMatch, the international book rights network, providing ALLi members access to PubMatch’s premium range of membership services at a discounted rate.
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Nielsen To Buy Two R. R. Bowker Book Tracking Services
In a move that enhances its global print and e-book tracking and sales analysis capabilities, Nielsen is acquiring book data vendor R. R. Bowker’s Business Intelligence and Commerce Solutions product units.
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Datamatics & PMG to Merge Digital Publishing and E-retail Services
The as-yet-unnamed combined entity will become one of the world’s largest companies in this area with 3,000 employees and associates across ten locations around the globe.
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Elsevier Buys Woodhead Publishing
Elsevier has acquired Woodhead Publishing Limited, the U.K.-based publisher of professional content in the fields of materials science, food science, engineering, energy & environmental technology, textile technology and biomedicine.
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Absorbing the Bezos-'Post' Deal
After assuring themselves that it wasn’t an Onion headline, those working in the media, political and book industries began digesting the news that Amazon founder and chairman Jeff Bezos paid $250 million to acquire The Washington Post. Although Bezos purchased the Post from his personal funds, there are few people who believe that Bezos won’t find a way for the newspaper and Amazon to work together.
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Distribution: IPG Adds Six
IPG will take over print and digital distribution for Minedition, Michael Neugebauer Publishing Ltd. beginning September 1. Its Trafalgar Square Publishing division will add five clients effective January 1, 2014.
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