MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 9-16, 2006 Edition John Wiley Posts 8% Gain In Third Quarter Hoboken, NJ/3/7/06—John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) has announced that third quarter revenue of $278 million increased 8% from $258 million in the same period of the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 9-16, 2006 Edition Bloomsbury Chief Calls for Boycott On Google Search LONDON/3/4/06—Nigel Newton, chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., is openly calling for a boycott of Google, the search engine company, for what he calls a “land...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 9-16, 2006 Edition Andrews McMeel, Simon and Schuster Team Up in UK Market Kansas City/3/6/06—Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC will expand its distribution deal with Simon and Schuster to enter the United Kingdom and Irish markets, according to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 9-16, 2006 Edition Publishers to Honor Good Morning America Washington, DC/3/6/06—America’s publishing industry will pay formal tribute to ABC News’ Good Morning America for its outstanding work in promoting American books and authors, the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 9-16, 2006 Edition Veteran Publishing Exec Roger Cooper Named VP, CDS Books NEW YORK, NY/3/6/06—Roger Cooper today began his new role at Perseus Books Group as vice president, publisher of CDS Books, a division of Client Distribution Services...

Bestselling Author Jodi Picoult Signs Two-Book Deal with Atria NEW YORK, NY/3/3/26—Jodi Picoult, the international and New York Times best-selling author of My Sister's Keeper and Vanishing Acts, has signed a new deal with Atria Books for another two novels, it was...

Atria Books to publish Abrams' debut novel The Lost Diary NEW YORK, NY/2/27/2006—Atria Books has purchased North American rights to two novels by author Douglas Carlton Abrams, Judith Curr, executive vice-president and publisher announced today. Vice-President and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 2 - March 9, 2006 Edition New Study Shows Used Book Sales Top $2 Billion NEW YORK, NY/2/27/2006—Just off the press, Used-Book Sales: A Study of the Behavior, Structure, Size and Growth of the U.S. Used-Book Market, estimates that revenues...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 2 - March 9, 2006 Edition PENGUIN GROUP ANNOUNCES 2005 RESULTS NEW YORK, NY/2/27/2006—Penguin Group (including all companies around the world and DK) reported its operating results for the year ending December 31, 2005. Underlying operating...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 2 - March 9, 2006 Edition Hachette Livre Forms Int’l Board, Including New Time Warner Unit NEW YORK, NY/2/28/2006—The new owner of Time Warner Books, Hachette Livre, has formed an international board to direct the company’s development. The...