Sentence examples for book unit from inspiring English sources

But that deal was signed about a decade ago, before Disney created its Hyperion book unit and bought ABC.

The company was near bankruptcy in August before agreeing to sell its phone book unit for $7.05 billion.

Five years ago, he tried to buy the book unit of AOL Time Warner, only to have Bertelsmann pull out of the deal.

One is Dorling Kindersley, a children's book publisher it bought last year and added to its book unit, the Penguin Group.

SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT, New York, said it would invest $150 million in the telephone book unit of Qwest Communications International, Denver.

Mr. Parsons will oversee business units that include Warner Music Group Warner Trade Publishingg, its book unit; and the Warner Brothers and New Line Cinema movie studios.

Users who decline to agree to the "commitment" will no longer be able to host or book units on Airbnb.

Mahaney estimates that the Kindle already accounts for "about 10% of total North American book units," or or 4 million books sold during the first quarter out of a total of 38 million books, he tells me.

Amazon moved into profit at its United States books unit during the last two quarters, though the company as a whole had a net loss of $122 million.

Mr. Kirshbaum of AOL Time Warner's books unit said he decided to start a religious imprint because a book buyer for Wal-Mart told him that more than half its sales were Christian books.

"They have obviously reached the Bush-red audience in a big way," said Laurence J. Kirshbaum, chairman of AOL Time Warner's books unit, referring to the color coding used on television news reports to denote states voting for President George W. Bush during the last election.