MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 13-20, 2006 Edition Basic Books Publisher Maguire Dies at Age 47 NEW YORK, NY/4/10/2006Elizabeth Maguire, publisher of Basic Books, part of the Perseus Books Group, died April 8 after a battle with ovarian cancer. She was 47 years old....

The Loft to Close Literary Magazine, Shifting Efforts to Net MINNEAPOLIS, MN/4/10/06—The literary magazine Speakeasy, published by The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, will cease publication effective with the June 15 edition. The quarterly magazine had a...

Rotor Named Editor at Penguin NEW YORK, NY/4/10/06—Penguin Classics has named Elda Rotor as executive editor of Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Books. She comes to Penguin from Oxford University Press where she was senior editor. She’ll report to Stephen...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 6 - 13, 2006 Edition Harry Potter Publisher, Bloomsbury, Reports 29% Year-End Sales Increase LONDON/4/4/2006—Bloomsbury, Plc., publishers of the Harry Potter series, reported an increase in sales of 29.2% to £109.11m (2004, £84.45m) for the...

Dick Francis’s New Book to Be Published By G.P. Putnam’s NEW YORK/NY/4/4/06—Dick Francis, the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author, has written his first novel in six years, Under Orders. Ivan Held, President of G. P. Putnam’s Sons, long-time publisher of...

Financial Times, Goldman Sachs Launch Business Book Award LONDON/4/4/06—The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs have launched the Business Book of the Year Award 2006, following the success of last year’s inaugural Award. The Award is designed to highlight the business...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 6 - 13, 2006 Edition Penguin Launches Innovative Christian Publishing Program NEW YORK, NY/4/5/06—Penguin Praise, a new innovative Christian publishing program, is being launched by Penguin Group (USA), it was announced today by Susan...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 6 - 13, 2006 Edition S&S Re-Positions Online Division For Digital Future NEW YORK, NY/4/5/06—Simon & Schuster in late March renamed its Simon & Schuster Online Division Simon & Schuster Digital, which positions the publisher...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 6 - 13, 2006 Edition Lightning Prevails in Patent Infringement Lawsuit LaVergne, TN/4/3/06—Lightning Source Inc., a division of Ingram Industries Inc. and the leading provider of demand-based book manufacturing and distribution solutions to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 6 - 13, 2006 Edition RH Films/Focus Features Acquire New Koontz Novel NEW YORK, NY/4/3/06—Dean Koontz, the author whose every book is a multi-million copy bestseller in the U.S. and around the world, has sold his forthcoming novel THE HUSBAND...