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 Tina Jordan Named New AAP Vice President Washington, DC/01/05/06—Tina Jordan, long familiar to U.S. publishers in her role as Director of Public Relations and Special Events for BookExpo America, will join the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2006 Edition Ann Godoff Appoints Moyers Editor-in-Chief, The Penguin Press NEW YORK, NY/01/05/06—Ann Godoff has appointed Scott Moyers to Editor-in-Chief of The Penguin Press, effective immediately. Mr. Moyers, who has been with The...

Publishing News Book Deals December 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Carroll & Graf To Reissue Purdy Classics NEW YORK, NY/12/13/05—Cult author James Purdy, author of underground classics such as In a Shallow Grave and Eustace Chisholm and the Works, has signed a deal...

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,...

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 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 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 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 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...