MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Journalist Questions Whether Quill Awards Are Just a PR Ploy NEW YORK, NY/8/8/05—An article by Adam Kirsch in the New York Sun explores the ever-expanding universe of book awards and he questions whether the latest...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Writers Given Chance to Publish at Random House NEW ZEALAND/8/7/05—To celebrate two decades of New Zealand’s Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition, this year's winning Open Division story will be published...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Library of Congress National Book Festival to Celebrate Creativity WASHINGTON, DC/8/9/05—The 2005 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by first lady Laura Bush, will...

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 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...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition HarperCollins Year-End Sales Increase Slightly NEW YORK, NY/8/11/05—HarperCollins Publishers, America’s second largest book publisher, August 10 reported a 4% increase in sales for the year ended June 30, 2005. Sales...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Thomas Nelson Reports Income Drop of 7 Percent NASHVILLE, TN/ 8/9/05—Major Christian publisher Thomas Nelson reported a 7% decline in net revenues to $45.6 million for the first quarter of FY 2006, ended June 30,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Truth Is Stronger Than Fiction, Times Essay Says NEW YORK, NY/8/7/2005—Nonfiction may be better suited than fiction to capture the complexities of today’s world, journalist Rachel Donadio writes in a New York...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Harlequin’s Australian Arm Turns to Real Life Plots and Heroines AUSTRALIA/8/8/05—Real life has finally caught up with publisher Mills & Boon, Australian division of Harlequin, according to an article by John Elliott in...