Publishing News Book Deals August 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Madeleine Albright to Write Two New Titles for HarperCollins NEW YORK, NY/8/10/05—Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who has already written a bestselling memoir, has signed a contract with...

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 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 Book Deals August 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Madeleine Albright to Write Two New Titles for HarperCollins NEW YORK, NY/8/10/05—Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who has already written a bestselling memoir, has signed a contract with...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2005 Edition Simon & Schuster Signs Book Deal On Michael JacksonNEW YORK, NY/06/22/05—Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, has acquired worldwide English-language rights to a yet untitled book by journalist Diane Dimond about...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble Pre-Orders For New Harry Potter Book Surpass 750,000 NEW YORK, NY/06/21/05—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) has announced that pre-orders for the new J. K. Rowling book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2005 Edition Streitfeld Named Senior Editor At Ballantine NEW YORK, NY/06/17/05—Anika Streitfeld, former fiction editor at mid-sized publisher MacAdam/Cage Publishing, has been named a senior editor at Ballantine, an imprint of Random...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2005 Edition Kathy Schneider Named Vice President Of Harper Imprint New York, NY /06/21/05—Kathy Schneider has been named Vice President, Associate Publisher of the Harper imprint of the General Books Group of HarperCollins Publishers....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2005 Edition ALA Study Measures Federal Interest In Library RecordsWASHINGTON, DC/06/20/05—The American Library Association (ALA) today released the findings of a comprehensive survey demonstrating the significant impact on the public of...