MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 16-23, 2006 Edition Focus/Random House Pick First Two Film Projects for New Venture NEW YORK, NY/2/14/06—A novel set in contemporary Tel Aviv and a work of nonfiction by a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist have been selected...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 16-23, 2006 Edition Six Publishers Again Sue Florida Copy Shop Owner GAINESVILLE, FL/2/9/06—Accusing a Gainesville copy shop owner with repeat illegal behavior he had already pledged to stop, six publishers have filed a lawsuit against...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 16-23, 2006 Edition Canadian Reader Seeks Class-Action Suit Against James Frey QUEBEC, CANADA/2/9/06—U.S. author James Frey is under fire once again for his embellished memoirs of drug-addicted exploits, according to an item on CTV.ca,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 16-23, 2006 Edition AAP Reviews Global Intellectual Property Protection Washington, DC/2/13/06—The Association of American Publishers (AAP), jointly with six other copyright-related trade associations, has submitted its annual Special 301...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 16-23, 2006 Edition Small Chicago Publisher Gives New Writers a Chance Chicago, IL/2/16/06—Lake Claremont Press, a tiny publisher based in the Chicago area, has recently grown to 21 titles with a steady sales record. An article by Thomas...

Barnes & Noble To Open Big Store in West Maui LAHAINA, HAWAII/2/14/06—Barnes & Noble will open the largest bookstore in Hawaii when the new Lahaina Gateway store opens in spring 2007. The world’s largest bookseller is the first to sign a lease in the huge Lahaina...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 9-16, 2006 Edition Breaking News HarperCollins Reports Record-Breaking Book Profits for Q2, 2006 NEW YORK, NY/2/9/2006—HarperCollins February 8 reported record second-quarter operating income for fiscal 2006 of $77 million, a 24% increase...

Riverhead Books Acquires Debut Novel by Sylvia Sellers-Garcia NEW YORK, NY/2/7/06—Geoffrey Kloske, Vice President and Publisher of Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), has announced the acquisition of The Open Ground, an extraordinarily compelling debut...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 9-16, 2006 Edition Harpercollins Publishes Entire Book on the Web New York, NY/02/06/06—HarperCollins Publishers announced that, for the first time, it is making the full text of a business book available on the web for free, on an ad...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 9-16, 2006 Edition Publisher Wiley Acquires Minority Shares in India’s Dreamtech HOBOKEN, NJ/2/3/06—John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa) (NYSE: JWb), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the outstanding shares of Wiley...