MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 26 - November 2, 2006 Edition Ten Writers Receive Whiting Writers Award For Exceptional Promise NEW YORK, NY/10/25/06—The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation today named ten recipients of the 2006 Whiting Writers' Awards. The awards, which...
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Riverhead Signs Kite Runner Author To Second Novel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 26 - November 2, 2006 Edition Riverhead Signs Kite Runner Author To Second Novel NEW YORK, NY/10/19/06—Khaled Hosseini, author of the internationally acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller, The Kite Runner, returns with a highly...
Carns Launches Indie Publisher Rookery Press
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 26 - November 2, 2006 Edition Carns Launches Indie Publisher Rookery Press NEW YORK, NY/10/23/206—Tracy Carns, former associate publisher of Reganbooks/Harpercollins and earlier the publishing director of Overlook Press, has started...
Godsey Leaves Writers Digest Editorial Post
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 26 - November 2, 2006 Edition Godsey Leaves Writers Digest Editorial Post Kristen D. Godsey, editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, stepped down this week to become associate publisher of another Cincinnati-based trade magazine. WD...
Troubled Graphic Arts Publishing Gets Boost From Ingram
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 26 - November 2, 2006 Edition Troubled Graphic Arts Publishing Gets Boost From Ingram LAVERGN, TN/10/23/06—Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company (GACPC) has reached a tentative agreement with Ingram Book Group to buy 25% stake...
Publishers Urge Higher Court Not to Hear Claim Against Harvest House
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 26 - November 2, 2006 Edition Publishers Urge Higher Court Not to Hear Claim Against Harvest House Washington, DC/10/23/06—The Texas Court of appeals in Houston, an intermediate appellate court, has ruled in favor of Harvest House...
McGraw-Hill Plans More Year-end Job Cuts to Boost Profits
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 26 - November 2, 2006 Edition McGraw-Hill Plans More Year-end Job Cuts to Boost Profits NEW YORK, NY/10/19/06—The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), as part of an effort to return to double-digit earnings in 2007, is expected to lay...
Fall Roundup Of Important Literary Prizes
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 19 - October 26, 2006 Edition Fall Roundup Of Important Literary Prizes /10/19/06Finalists or winners of four major literary awards have all been named in the month of October. Winners of the Quill Awards were recognized in ceremonies...
LVF Pilots New Jumpstart Program to Eliminate Returns
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 19 - October 26, 2006 Edition LVF Pilots New Jumpstart Program to Eliminate Returns BOSTON/NEW YORK/10/17/06—The Literary Ventures Fund, the venture-based non-profit foundation that supports the publication of fiction, nonfiction,...
Bookstore Sales Continue Slump, U.S. Census Says
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 19 - October 26, 2006 Edition Bookstore Sales Continue Slump, U.S. Census Says /10/18/06—The US Census Bureau last Friday reported preliminary year-to-date book store sales of $10.548 billion, down 2.1% from cumulative sales of...
