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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Houghton Mifflin Cuts Losses, Reduces Staff NEW YORK, NY/8/10/05—Houghton Mifflin reported today that sales in its trade and reference division declined 15.5% to $28.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2005. The...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Educational Publisher Making Big Difference For Inner-City Kids NEW JERSEY/8/7/05—In an online article in the North Jersey News, staff writer Richard Newman profiles the founders of People’s Publishing Group,...

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...