MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports 6% Sales Increase for Q2 NEW YORK, NY/08/18/05Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, reported excellent profits but only a small increase in sales for the second...
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Bloomsbury Posts Profit Increase For Half Year
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2005 Edition Bloomsbury Posts Profit Increase For Half Year LONDON/8/19/05Bloomsbury Publishing, the house that publishes the famed Harry Potter series of books, Friday reported a small decline in pre-tax profits before goodwill...
Time Inc. Acquires Mexico Consumer Magazine Group
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2005 Edition Time Inc. Acquires Mexico Consumer Magazine Group New York, NY/8/17/2005Time Inc. has acquired Grupo Editorial Expansión (GEE), publisher of high-end consumer and business magazines, based in Mexico City,Mexico. Terms...
Taller Mass-Market Format Improves Book Sales
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2005 Edition Taller Mass-Market Format Improves Book Sales NEW YORK, NY/8/20/05Publishers struggling with declining sales have begun offering some of their leading authors work in a newly-sized paperback format, featuring bigger...
Publisher Uses Mobile Marketing to Promote BestSelling Author Meg Cabot
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2005 Edition Publisher Uses Mobile Marketing to Promote BestSelling Author Meg Cabot NEW YORK, NY/8/16/05Flytxt, the leading provider of mobile marketing technology and services, today announced that they are partnering with...
September 1-15, 2005
Publishing News People September 1-15, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Louis Cona Named VP, Publisher of The New Yorker NEW YORK, NY/8/25/05Louis Cona has been named Vice President and Publisher of The New Yorker, it was announced August 25 by Charles H. Townsend, President and...
Aug 15 – 31, 2005 Book Selling
Publishing News Awards August 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOKSELLING Competition Forces Michigan Bookseller To Close After 32 Years FERNDALE, MICH/ 8/10/2005Paperbacks, an independent bookseller in Ferndale, Michigan since 1973, is closing its doors September 15. We just...
Aug 15 – 31, 2005 Book Deals
Publishing News Book Deals August 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Madeleine Albright to Write Two New Titles for HarperCollins NEW YORK, NY/8/10/05Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who has already written a bestselling memoir, has signed a contract with...
Aug 15 – 31, 2005 Awards
Publishing News Awards August 15-31, 2005 Edition AWARDS Coleman Receives B&Ns Lone Star Scribe Award NASHVILLE, TN/8/8/05—Center Street author Britta Coleman has just received the coveted Lone Star Scribe Award from Barnes and Noble for her debut novel Potter...
August 15-31, 2005 Awards
Publishing News Awards August 15-31, 2005 Edition AWARDS Coleman Receives B&Ns Lone Star Scribe Award NASHVILLE, TN/8/8/05Center Street author Britta Coleman has just received the coveted Lone Star Scribe Award from Barnes and Noble for her debut novel Potter...
