Publishing News Awards November 1-15, 2005 Edition AWARDS Oregon Book Awards Names Bob Welch Among Four Finalist EUGENE, OR/10/24/05—Bob Welch's book, "American Nightingale" (Atria Books, 2004) is among four finalists for the Oregon Book Award's general fiction...

Publishing News People November 1-15, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Spiers Leaves Mediabistro to Finish Book NEW YORK, NY/10/22/05—Elizabeth Spiers is leaving Mediabistro to work as a freelance journalist and complete her novel, And They All Die in the End. The work has been...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2005 Edition Publishers Support U.S. Copyright Enforcement in China Washington, DC/10/26/05—The Association of American Publishers (AAP) joined with other members of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2005 Edition American Publishers Join Growing Legal Opposition to Google NEW YORK, NY/10/21/05—The Association of American Publishers has filed a lawsuit October 20 in Manhattan U.S. District Court against Google, in an effort to bar...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2005 Edition Snicket, Potter Publishers Find New Ways to Reach Children Online NEW YORK, NY/10/18/05—Several publishers have recently mounted innovative online marketing campaigns to help capture the children’s market, according to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2005 Edition Plagiarism Lawsuit Threatens to Bar Sales of Da Vinci Code LONDON/10/31/05—A preliminary High Court hearing was scheduled in London October 26, pitting Random House Group and Dan Brown, author of the wildly popular The...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2005 Edition National Weekly Publisher Acquires Village Voice NEW YORK, NY/10/25/05—The Village Voice, known for its anti-establishment views, has been acquired by New Times Media, a large weekly newspaper chain with publications in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2005 Edition Judges Name Finalists For 2005 National Book Awards Oxford, MS/10/13/05—The 20 Finalists for the 2005 National Book Awards, announced in mid-October, include a few of America’s most well known and pre-eminent authors and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2005 Edition Kaplan Publishing Combines Test Prep and Trade Book Units NEW YORK, NY/10/17/05—Kaplan today announced the formation of Kaplan Publishing, a new unit that will focus on both education and business trade publications. The...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2005 Edition Walden Media Acquires Film Rights To Mike Lupica’s Heat LOS ANGELES/10/24/05—Walden Media has acquired the rights to New York Times best-selling author Mike Lupica’s forthcoming book Heat, which is being published by...