MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1 - July 6, 2006 Edition University Presses Ponder Challenges of New Digital Age NEW ORLEANS, LA/6/19/06—More than 500 people attended the American Association of University Presses annual meeting June 15-18 in New Orleans. The focus of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1 - July 6, 2006 Edition Court Rules Government Must Decide Muslim Writer’s Visa Status by September Washington, DC /6/26/06—Citing the concern of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and other organizations, the United...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1 - July 6, 2006 Edition HarperCollins/Morrow Cuts Back Cookbook Titles for 2007 NEW YORK, NY/6/23/07—HarperCollins’s Morrow imprint is expected to cut back on the number of new cookbooks it publishes in fiscal 2007, though...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1 - July 6, 2006 Edition Scholastic Study Shows Decline in Older Kids’ Reading Habits NEW YORK, NY/7/1/06—In a new national study released June 14, the time kids spend reading for fun declines sharply after age 8 and continues to drop...

BOOK DEALS June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition Official Dictionary Of Unofficial English Makes Debut Have you been paying attention? You might have noticed that some American companies are getting Bangalored. Perhaps you’ve watched the growing popularity of canine...

AWARDS June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition Irish Magazine Offers Sci/Fi/Fan Story Award Albedo One, The Irish Magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, has announced its second annual Aeon Award for short fiction for 2006-2007. There will be a cash grand prize and...

PEOPLE June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition Jeffrey Dvorkin Heads New Concerned Journalists Committee COLUMBIA, MO/6/16/06—Jeffrey Dvorkin, the first network news ombudsman in the U.S., has been named the new executive director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition UK Booksellers Side With US in Opposing British Rights Grab   DALLAS//NEW YORK, NY/6/19/06—Five European booksellers and distributors have signed and sent an open letter to British and American publishers...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition John Wiley & Sons Hits Billion-Dollar Mark Reports Record Year Hoboken, NJ/06/15/06—John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa) (NYSE: JWb) has announced record revenue, operating income, and EPS for fiscal year 2006....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 22 - June 29, 2006 Edition Children's Cloth Books Recalled by Simon & Schuster WASHINGTON, DC/6/15/06—The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ( www.cpsc.gov.) in cooperation with Simon & Schuster, has announced a voluntary recall of the...