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Associate Publisher Leaves Workman

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Associate Publisher Leaves Workman NEW YORK, NY/11/9/06—Katie Workman, associate publisher of Workman Publishing, which is owned by her father, president and publisher Peter Workman, is leaving the...

Nelson Books Publisher Departs

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Nelson Books Publisher Departs NEW YORK, NY/11/13/06—Jonathan Merkh, senior vice president and publisher of Nelson Books and Nelson Business, is leaving at the end of November. Nelson is instigating a...

Stacey Barney Lands New Post

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 16 - November 23, 2006 Edition Stacey Barney Lands New Post NEW YORK, NY/11/13/06—Stacey Barney, former editor at Kensington and at HarperCollins, has reportedly landed a new editorial post at one of the top five New York publishing...

Evanovich Teams With Cannell to Pen Adventure Series

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 9 - November 16, 2006 Edition Evanovich Teams With Cannell to Pen Adventure Series NEW YORK, NY/11/8/06—Bestselling authors Janet Evanovich and Stephen J. Cannell have teamed up to write a new adventure series of novels set in Orange...

Simon & Schuster Q3 Sales Gains Offset, Parent CBS Backs Digital

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 9 - November 16, 2006 Edition Simon & Schuster Q3 Sales Gains Offset, Parent CBS Backs Digital NEW YORK, NY/11/6/06—Simon & Schuster, the publishing arm of CBS Corporation, November 2 reported a third earnings increase of 2% to...

Harlequin Revenues Continue to Slide In Third Quarter

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 9 - November 16, 2006 Edition Harlequin Revenues Continue to Slide In Third Quarter TORONTO, ONTARIO/11/2/06—Total revenues for Harlequin Enterprises, the book publishing arm of Torstar Corporation, fell 13% in the third quarter of...

Virgin BooksÂ’ New USA Unit to Focus on New Writers

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 9 - November 16, 2006 Edition Virgin BooksÂ’ New USA Unit to Focus on New Writers NEW YORK, NY/ 11/8/06—The UK’s Virgin Books has established new offices in New York and has named Ken Siman, former Penguin/Tarcher vice...

New Digital Book Standard Released by IDPF

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 9 - November 16, 2006 Edition New Digital Book Standard Released by IDPF NEW YORK, NY/11/8/06—The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade association for digital publishing, announced last week the...

Young Welsh Writer Named Winner of EDS Dylan Thomas Prize 2006

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 2 - November 9, 2006 Edition Young Welsh Writer Named Winner of EDS Dylan Thomas Prize 2006 Wales International Center/10/27/06—Welsh author Rachel Trezise has been tonight named the winner of the first £60,000 EDS Dylan Thomas...

Financial Times Cites Book on China Best Business Book of Year

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 2 - November 9, 2006 Edition Financial Times Cites Book on China Best Business Book of Year LONDON/10/26/06—James Kynge has won the Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award (www.ft.com/bookaward) for CHINA...