MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2005 Edition Taller Mass-Market Format Improves Book Sales NEW YORK, NY/8/20/05—Publishers struggling with declining sales have begun offering some of their leading authors’ work in a newly-sized paperback format, featuring bigger...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2005 Edition Publisher Uses Mobile Marketing to Promote BestSelling Author Meg Cabot NEW YORK, NY/8/16/05—Flytxt, the leading provider of mobile marketing technology and services, today announced that they are partnering with...

Publishing News People September 1-15, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Louis Cona Named VP, Publisher of The New Yorker NEW YORK, NY/8/25/05—Louis Cona has been named Vice President and Publisher of The New Yorker, it was announced August 25 by Charles H. Townsend, President and...

Publishing News Awards August 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOKSELLING Competition Forces Michigan Bookseller To Close After 32 Years FERNDALE, MICH/ 8/10/2005—Paperbacks, an independent bookseller in Ferndale, Michigan since 1973, is closing its doors September 15. “We just...

Publishing News Book Deals August 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Madeleine Albright to Write Two New Titles for HarperCollins NEW YORK, NY/8/10/05—Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who has already written a bestselling memoir, has signed a contract with...

Publishing News Awards August 15-31, 2005 Edition AWARDS Coleman Receives B&N’s 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...

Publishing News Awards August 15-31, 2005 Edition AWARDS Coleman Receives B&N’s 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...

Publishing News Book Deals August 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Madeleine Albright to Write Two New Titles for HarperCollins NEW YORK, NY/8/10/05—Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who has already written a bestselling memoir, has signed a contract with...

Publishing News Awards August 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOKSELLING Competition Forces Michigan Bookseller To Close After 32 Years FERNDALE, MICH/ 8/10/2005—Paperbacks, an independent bookseller in Ferndale, Michigan since 1973, is closing its doors September 15. “We just...

Publishing News General News August 15-31, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Fantagraphics To Publish Series Of Dennis the Menace SEATTLE, WA/8/10/2005—Comic book publisher Fantagraphics has announced it will publish the first book in a 25-volume series, “Hank Ketcham’s...