MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 - May 4, 2006 Edition Professional Critics To Write Commentary For NBCC’s 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,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 - May 4, 2006 Edition Annie Callanan Named President and CEO of Bowker NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ/4/18/06—Annie Callanan, a seasoned executive who has successfully led a number of business-to-business media companies, has been named the new...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 – May 4, 2006 Edition Random House Refuses Author’s Plagiarism Apology NEW YORK, NY/4/25/06—Crown/Random House has indicated that it may not accept author Kaavya Viswanaathan’s apology for having “unintentionally” copied a number of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 27 – May 4, 2006 Edition CBS Corporation Reports 4% Gain In Revenues NEW YORK, NY/4/26/06—CBS Corporation (NYSE: BS.A and CBS), which now owns Simon & Schuster, has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31,2006, posting solid...

Personnel Changes at William Morrow New York, NY/4/25/06—Several 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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 20-27, 2006 Edition B&N Chief Upbeat on Book Sales for Future NEW YORK, NY/4/18/06—Barnes & Noble CEO Stephen Riggio said in a New York Times interview April 15 that “Reports of the book industry’s demise have been greatly exaggerated over...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 20-27, 2006 Edition Wiley Forms New Partnership With Epocrates Hoboken, NJ/4/18/06—Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced a new agreement with Epocrates, Inc., provider of mobile and web-based clinical applications, to make...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 20-27, 2006 Edition Susan McGrath Named VP, Executive Editor of Riverhead Books New York, NY/4/18/06—Sarah McGrath has been appointed Vice President and Executive Editor of Riverhead Books, it was announced April 18 by Geoffrey Kloske, Vice...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 20-27, 2006 Edition Random House Launches New Mystery Paperback Line, Mortalis Random House Trade Paperbacks will launch a new program, Mortalis, featuring mysteries and thrillers that are historical and/or international in scope, in Spring...