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...

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, which...

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 next year...

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 be...

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...

Publishing News General News August 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Heavyweight Authors Share Insights on Identity In Summer Radio Series Read More on exploring typecast writers in the LA Times Santa Monica, CA/07/27/05—Toni Morrison, Tom Wolfe, Susan Sontag, and...

Publishing News Book Deals July 1-15, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Hyperion to Publish Book by Halberstam On Winning NFL Coach NEW YORK, NY/06/22/05—Hyperion announced today plans to publish a new book by David Halberstam. The book, tentatively entitled THE EDUCATION OF A...