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 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 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...

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...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble, Borders Experience Third Quarter Losses NEW YORK, NY/10/18/2005—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, has confirmed that it will post a net loss of a penny to 4 cents per share...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2005 Edition Harlequin to Provide Best-Selling Romance Novels as eBooks to Nation's Libraries CLEVELAND, OH/10/04/05—Harlequin Enterprises Limited, the world's leading publisher of series romance and women's fiction,...

Publishing News Awards October 15-31, 2005 Edition AWARDS Seattle Writers Sweep Book Awards In Washington State Non-fiction books and books by writers from Seattle dominated this year's Washington State Book Awards, according to an article in the Seattle...

Publishing News People October 15-31, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Bestselling Author Michael Crichton to Discuss Latest Thriller at BN Online Reading Group NEW YORK, NY/10/3/05—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, has announced that legendary...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2005 Edition British Playright Pinter Earns Nobel Prize for Literature STOCKHOLM, Sweden/October 13, 2005—The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2005 has been awarded to British playwright Harold Pinter. The announcement was made October...