Publishing News General News October 15-31, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS BISG Revenues, Membership, Productivity Continue Rapid Growth New York, NY/10/06/05—At its Annual Meeting and Fall Conference 2005, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG), reported unprecedented...

Publishing News Awards October 1-15, 2005 Edition AWARDS Norman Mailer To Receive NBA Achievement Award NEW YORK, NY/9/21/05—The National Book Foundation will honor well-known and often controversial author, Norman Mailer, with a lifetime achievement award. The award...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2005 Edition Random House Now Sells Direct To Consumers NEW YORK, NY/9/23/05—Following suit with other major publishers, Random House is now offering its entire stock of in-print books­some 20,000 titles­for sale directly to consumers...

Publishing News Awards October 1-15, 2005 Edition AWARDS Norman Mailer To Receive NBA Achievement Award NEW YORK, NY/9/21/05—The National Book Foundation will honor well-known and often controversial author, Norman Mailer, with a lifetime achievement award. The award...

Publishing News General News October 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Barnes & Noble to Open New Store at Tysons Corner NEW YORK, NY/9/15/05—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, will open a new bookstore on September 30 in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2005 Edition AAP Lends Support To Writer’s Guild Suit Against Google NEW YORK, NY/9/22/05—The Association of American Publishers continues efforts to stop Internet search company, Google, from the wholesale digitizing books, with...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble To Halt Sales Of e-Books NEW YORK, NY/9/27/05—Barnes & Noble earlier this month posted a statement on its Barnesandnoble.com site that it will no longer sell eBooks. Customers have until December 9 to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2005 Edition Scholastic Reports Strong Q1 Results, Helped by Harry Potter New York, NY/9/22/05—Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has reported its results for the fiscal 2006 first quarter ended August 31, 2005, and affirmed its...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2005 Edition National Book Festival Draws Huge Crowd WASHINGTON D.C./9/24/05—Approximately 90,000 people from around the country turned out in Washington D.C. to celebrate the library of Congress' fifth annual National Book Festival...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2005 Edition HarperCollins Signs Deal With Top Historical Novelist NEW YORK, NY/9/23/05—HarperCollins Publishers today announced that it has acquired world-English language rights to publish the next three books in bestselling author...