MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 4-11, 2006 Edition One World/Ballantine Launches Nikki Turner Urban Fiction Imprint NEW YORK, NY/5/3/06One World/Ballantine, a division of Random House, has launched a new urban fiction line, called Nikki Turner Presents, named after...
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Little Brown Recalls Opal Novel in Face of Plagiarism Charges
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 4-11, 2006 Edition Little Brown Recalls Opal Novel in Face of Plagiarism Charges NEW YORK, NY/4/29/06 The New York Times reported yesterday that Little Brown has decided to recall all editions of Kaavya Viswanathans debut book, How Opal Mehta...
Movie Buzz Prompts Harcourt to Up Print Run For Penn Warren?s Classic
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 4-11, 2006 Edition Movie Buzz Prompts Harcourt to Up Print Run For Penn Warrens Classic NEW YORK, NY/4/3/06Harcourt is going back to press for 75,000 additional copies of both a movie tie-in edition and a classic edition of All the Kings...
May 4-11, 2006
Corwin Departs Rodale, Perl Steps In Temporarily Tami Booth Corwin, president of Rodale Book Group, is leaving the company in June to spend more time with her family. She is expecting her second child. Corwin has served as Rodales president and editor-in-chief since...
April 27 – May 4, 2006
Personnel Changes at William Morrow New York, NY/4/25/06Several big editorial changes have taken place at William Morrow/Harpercollins. Lynn Grady has been promoted to vice president, associate publisher for William Morrow,HarperEntertainment, Eos and Morrow...
CBS Corporation Reports 4% Gain In Revenues
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 May 4, 2006 Edition CBS Corporation Reports 4% Gain In Revenues NEW YORK, NY/4/26/06CBS Corporation (NYSE: BS.A and CBS), which now owns Simon & Schuster, has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31,2006, posting solid...
Random House Refuses Author?s Plagiarism Apology
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 May 4, 2006 Edition Random House Refuses Authors Plagiarism Apology NEW YORK, NY/4/25/06Crown/Random House has indicated that it may not accept author Kaavya Viswanaathans apology for having unintentionally copied a number of...
Atria Senior Editor Launches Nonprofit Event for Ethic Authors
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 - May 4, 2006 Edition Atria Senior Editor Launches Nonprofit Event for Ethic Authors Malaika Adero, a senior editor at Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, has launched a nonprofit organization to produce an annual book and arts festival. The...
Annie Callanan Named President and CEO of Bowker
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 - May 4, 2006 Edition Annie Callanan Named President and CEO of Bowker NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ/4/18/06Annie Callanan, a seasoned executive who has successfully led a number of business-to-business media companies, has been named the new...
Professional Critics To Write Commentary For NBCC?s New Blog
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 - May 4, 2006 Edition Professional Critics To Write Commentary For NBCCs New Blog The National Book Critics Circle launched its own Blog April 21. The site will feature publishing and criticism, news and commentary, noteworthy reviews,...
