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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2005 Edition Real Women Inspire Harlequin’s New Short Story Collection NEW YORK, NY/9/22/05—In a unique collaboration of reading and activism, Harlequin Enterprises Ltd., a leading publisher of women's fiction, will soon publish MORE...

Publishing News People September 15-30, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Ms. Clark-Johnson to Head Gannett Newspapers MCLEAN, VA/9/9/05—Gannett Co. has named Sue Clark-Johnson as president of the newspaper division. Clark-Johnson, formerly CEO and publisher of the Arizona...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 15-30, 2005 Edition Random House Posts Dip in Sales, But Profits Increase GERMANY/9/8/2005—German media giant Bertelsmann, which owns Random House, announced on September 7 that its operating results increased for the six months of 2005...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 15-30, 2005 Edition Pfeffer to Head Children's Unit At Simon & Schuster NEW YORK, NY/9/7/2005—Rubin Pfeffer has been named senior vice president and publisher of Simon & Schuster’s trade children’s division, where he will be responsible...

Publishing News People September 15-30, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Ms. Clark-Johnson to Head Gannett Newspapers MCLEAN, VA/9/9/05—Gannett Co. has named Sue Clark-Johnson as president of the newspaper division. Clark-Johnson, formerly CEO and publisher of the Arizona...

Publishing News General News September 15-30, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Kepler’s Book Store Closes After 50 Years MENLO PARK, CA/9/3/05—Kepler’s Bookstore on El Camino Real road in the heart of Silicon Valley, closed its doors August 31 after having served the...