MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2005 Edition Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Opts Out of Google Print Program NEW YORK, NY/10/7/2005­Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is the latest publisher who has withdrawn from Google’s Print for Publishers program,...

Publishing News Book Deals October 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Random House to Publish Early Capote Novel, ‘Summer Crossing’ NEW YORK, NY/10/2/05—Random House will publish an early, unreleased novel by the late author Truman Caopte this month. The work titled...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2005 Edition Harlequin Enterprises Purchases Assets of BET Books TORONTO, CA/10/6/2005—Harlequin Enterprises Limited has purchased the assets of BET BOOKS, the publishing arm of Black Entertainment Television. The new ownership deal...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2005 Edition HarperCollins and Rayo Launch Mass Market En Espanol Initiative NEW YORK, NY/09/30/05—Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, HarperCollins Publishers announces the launch of the company's pioneering "Mass Market en...

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...