MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2006 Edition Riverhead Books' Flurry of Acquisitions Includes Top Authors NEW YORK, NY/01/05/06—Riverhead Books' editorial team closed 2005 with a flurry of exciting acquisitions. Executive Editor Sean McDonald, Executive Editor Jake...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2006 Edition Holiday Book Sales Show Mixed Results At BAM, Barnes & Noble NEW YORK, NY/1/6/06—Books-A-Million posted an 8.9 % gain in book sales for the nine-week holiday period ending December 31, 2005 with total revenue of $123.9...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2006 Edition C-Span2's Book TV Seeks to Broaden Coverage in 2006 NEW YORK, NY/1/12/26—C-SPAN2's Book TV, a public channel devoted specifically to books, has an eye on more rapid program expansion in 2006. Executive producer Connie...

Publishing News People in Publishing January 15-31, 2006 Edition PEOPLE IN PUBLISHING Powers Heads Marketing Efforts at DK Publishing NEW YORK, NY/1/4/06—Judi Powers has joined DK Publishing, Inc. as Director of Marketing and Publicity, effective January 3. She makes...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2005 Edition Random House CEO Touts ’05 Successes, Sees Bright Future NEW YORK, NY/12/13/05—Random House CEO Peter Olson issued his year-end employee letter December 13, touting the company’s lowest-ever overall return rate, 22 #1...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2005 Edition HarperCollins To Take Control of Its Digital Books Away From Search Companies NEW YORK, NY/12/13/05—News Corp’s HarperCollins has announced a move designed to prevent big Internet companies from taking control of books...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2005 Edition Random House To Distribute Japan’s Vertical Book Titles NEW YORK, NY/12/10/05—Vertical Inc., which translates contemporary Japanese books into English, has formally announced that Random House Distribution will now...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2005 Edition Whitebread Book Prize No longer Backed By Retail Group LONDON/12/13/05—The European retail group Whitbread is pulling out of its annual sponsorship of the Whitebread awards, which have been second only to the Booker...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2005 Edition Maryland School Official Reconsiders Ban on Teen Book BALTIMORE, MD/12/9/05—Amid a flurry of protests of censorship from across the country, Carroll County's school superintendent said yesterday that he is struggling...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2005 Edition Penguin to Podcast Dickens’s Christmas Carol for Free NEW YORK, NY/12/12/2005—The Penguin Podcast celebrates its first Christmas by offering an early present to its listeners—free downloads of the classic Yuletide tale,...