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...

SPJ Announces 2005 Green Eyeshade Award Recipients Indianapolis, IN/4/18/06—The Society of Professional Journalists announced today the winners of the 2005 Green Eyeshade Awards. The Green Eyeshade Awards have honored the best in professional journalism in 11...