MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15 - June 22, 2006 Edition Steinbeck’s HeirsWin Control of Rights,Penguin Due to Appeal NEW YORK, NY/6/12/06—The late author John Steinbeck's son and granddaughter won a U.S. District Court battle this month to get control of the publishing...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15 - June 22, 2006 Edition Houghton Mifflin Offers Booksellers Free Book Shipment NEW YORK, NY/6/13/06—Houghton Mifflin, in an effort to become more competitive on its terms of sale, will begin offering free freight to booksellers with orders...

AWARDS June 15 - June 22, 2006 Edition Iweala Wins NY Library's Young Lion PrizeNEW YORK NY/6/08/06—The New York Public Library named Uzodinma Iweala, author of the novel Beasts of No Nation (HarperCollins), as the winner of its annual Young Lions Fiction Award. The...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 8 - June 15, 2006 Edition Publisher UrgesFast Food Giants To Focus on FactsNew York, NY/6/1/2006—Houghton Mifflin Vice President and Editor-in-Chief Eamon Dolan today denounced the fast food industry's efforts to discredit the author Eric...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 8 - June 15, 2006 Edition Market Tip: Hachette Plans New Sci Fi Fantasy Imprint for 2007NEW YORK, NY/6/5/2006—Hachette Book Group USA will launch a new science fiction/fantasy imprint named Orbit in 2007. Tim Holman, publishing director of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 8 - June 15, 2006 Edition SCORE Founder Lands Book Deal With Adams MediaNEW YORK, NY/6/5/06—Adams Media has signed a contract with educator Sharon Marshall Lockett to publish her book Home Sweet Homework: A Parent’s Guide to Stress Free...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 8 - June 15, 2006 Edition Library of America To Open Boutique On Amazon.comNEW YORK, NY/6/7/06—The Library of America will soon have a boutique retail store inside Amazon.com where it will sell classic books. The LOA is a nonprofit publisher...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 8 - June 15, 2006 Edition Ebrary Expands Online Databases For eBook TitlesPALTO ALTO, CA/6/5/06—The latest e-books releases by publishers such as AMACOM Books, McGraw-Hill, and John Wiley & Sons, will now become easily accessible online to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 8 - June 15, 2006 Edition Literary Magazines Offer Lecture Series For Emerging WritersNew York/NY—The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses [clmp] and The New York Public Library present Periodically Speaking, a reading series providing a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 8 - June 15, 2006 Edition New Trade Book Wholesaler to Offer Flat Fee DiscountsNEW YORK, NY/6/6/06—BookStream, a new trade book wholesaler located in Poughkeepsie, NY is open for business. A company spokesman said the company has reached the...