Publishing News General News August 15-31, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Fantagraphics To Publish Series Of Dennis the Menace SEATTLE, WA/8/10/2005Comic book publisher Fantagraphics has announced it will publish the first book in a 25-volume series, Hank Ketchams...
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HarperCollins Year-End Sales Increase Slightly
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition HarperCollins Year-End Sales Increase Slightly NEW YORK, NY/8/11/05HarperCollins Publishers, Americas second largest book publisher, August 10 reported a 4% increase in sales for the year ended June 30, 2005. Sales...
Thomas Nelson Reports Income Drop of 7 Percent
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,...
Truth Is Stronger Than Fiction, Times Essay Says
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...
Harlequin?s Australian Arm Turns to Real Life Plots and Heroines
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Harlequins Australian Arm Turns to Real Life Plots and Heroines AUSTRALIA/8/8/05Real life has finally caught up with publisher Mills & Boon, Australian division of Harlequin, according to an article by John Elliott in...
Educational Publisher Making Big Difference For Inner-City Kids
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Educational Publisher Making Big Difference For Inner-City Kids NEW JERSEY/8/7/05In an online article in the North Jersey News, staff writer Richard Newman profiles the founders of Peoples Publishing Group, which...
Journalist Questions Whether Quill Awards Are Just a PR Ploy
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Journalist Questions Whether Quill Awards Are Just a PR Ploy NEW YORK, NY/8/8/05An article by Adam Kirsch in the New York Sun explores the ever-expanding universe of book awards and he questions whether the latest...
Writers Given Chance to Publish at Random House
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Writers Given Chance to Publish at Random House NEW ZEALAND/8/7/05To celebrate two decades of New Zealands Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition, this year's winning Open Division story will be published next year...
Library of Congress National Book Festival to Celebrate Creativity
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Library of Congress National Book Festival to Celebrate Creativity WASHINGTON, DC/8/9/05The 2005 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by first lady Laura Bush, will be...
Bestselling Author Dan Brown Wins Court Case
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2005 Edition Bestselling Author Dan Brown Wins Court Case NEW YORK, NY/8/7/05—New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown has won a court case brought by another writer, claiming that Brown copied elements from two of his books...
