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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2005 Edition AAP Asks Google to Halt Book Scanning Until It Reviews Legal Issues NEW YORK, NY/06/21/05—The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has asked Google to stop scanning copyrighted books published by the association's...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Book Sales Warm in June Says AAP New York, NY/08/03/2005—June brought publishing sales gains for eight categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Adult hardcover and the adult mass market...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Penguin Targets New Readership With Short Paperbacks NEW YORK, NY/07/29/2005—In an effort to attract new readers, Penguin Group USA’s Mass Market Paperbacks division plans to introduce a series of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Harlequin Parent, Torstar, Reports Scant Rise in Profits TORONTO, CANADA/07/27/05—Torstar Corp, Canada’s largest newspaper publisher and owner of romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises, has reported a scant 0.8 percent...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Pearson Reports Mid-Year Results, Penguin Sales Rise LONDON/07/26/05—Pearson Plc, the world’s largest educational publisher, reported a net income of 346 million pounds ($601 million), or 42.3 pence a share, in the six...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Former Random House Editor Named Publisher Of New Warner Imprint NEW YORK, NY/07/22/05—Former Random House Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Karp, age 41, has been named publisher and editor-in-chief of Warner Books new hardcover...