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 1-15, 2005 Edition 50 Cent’s Agent Says Gawker’s Criticism Unfair NEW YORK, NY/11/25/05—Marc Gerald, literary agent for Rapper 50 Cent is disputing claims by the Manhattan media blog Gawker that a recent deal with Pocket Books/MTV is...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2005 Edition Erotic Fiction/Romance Publisher Adds Graphic Manga-Style Novels GARIBALDI HIGHLANDS, BC/11/21/05—One erotic fiction ebook publisher has traded ten thousand pictures for words with the release of a new Yaoi-style novel...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2005 Edition Small Publisher Poisoned Pen Gains Ground Phoenix, AZ/11/27/05—According to an article in the Business Journal of Phoenix, small Scottsdale, AZ publisher Poisoned Pen Press is gaining ground in the publishing world. In...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2005 Edition Business Week Reports on Random House Digital Destiny New York, NY/11/28/05—Random House is moving beyond print to protect itself from the likes of Google, Business Week says in its November 28 edition. The 80-year-old...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2005 Edition Doubleday’s New Division Aimed At Bestsellers New York, NY/11/21/05—Doubleday/Broadway Books, a unit of Random House, will form yet another division to focus on a mix of literary fiction and quality nonfiction titles...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2005 Edition AAP Says Extension Of Patriot Act Fails To Protect Reader Privacy Washington, DC/11/15/05—The Association of American Publishers (AAP) expressed grave disappointment in the USA PATRIOT Act legislation that emerged from a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Flat Sales For Third Quarter NEW YORK, NY/11/27/05—Barnes & Noble today reported earnings of $327,000 for the three months ended Oct. 29, placing the nation’s leading bookseller at a break-even...

Publishing News General News November 15-30, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Latest Junie B. Kids’ Book Climbs To Top Five Bestsellers NEW YORK, NY/11/25/05—The latest book in the Junie B. series has climbed to the top five children’s bestsellers this week. Junie B., First...

Publishing News Awards November 15-30, 2005 Edition AWARDS USA Book News Best Book Award Goes to Koven LOS ANGELES, CA/11/03/05—Jean-Claude Koven, author of Going Deeper: How to Make Sense of Your Life When Your Life Makes No Sense (Prism House Press), has been...