MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Young American Groomed to Succeed Rowling, Times Says A 21-year-old American is being lined up as J. K. Rowling's heir, says Danuta Kean. Publishing is littered with the carcasses of pretenders to the Harry Potter throne,...
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Viacom Inc. to Report Results for Second Quarter In Teleconference/ Webcast
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Viacom Inc. to Report Results for Second Quarter In Teleconference/ Webcast NEW YORK, NY/07/22/05Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA - News and VIA.B - News) will report financial results for the second quarter 2005 on Thursday,...
Barnes & Noble Sells 105 New Potter Copies Per Second
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble Sells 105 New Potter Copies Per Second NEW YORK, NY/07/17/05Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world's largest bookseller, sold a record 1.3 million copies of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...
Former Random House Editor Named Publisher Of New Warner Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Former Random House Editor Named Publisher Of New Warner Imprint NEW YORK, NY/07/22/05Former Random House Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Karp, age 41, has been named publisher and editor-in-chief of Warner Books new hardcover...
Pearson Reports Mid-Year Results, Penguin Sales Rise
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Pearson Reports Mid-Year Results, Penguin Sales Rise LONDON/07/26/05Pearson Plc, the worlds largest educational publisher, reported a net income of 346 million pounds ($601 million), or 42.3 pence a share, in the six...
Harlequin Parent, Torstar, Reports Scant Rise in Profits
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Harlequin Parent, Torstar, Reports Scant Rise in Profits TORONTO, CANADA/07/27/05Torstar Corp, Canadas largest newspaper publisher and owner of romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises, has reported a scant 0.8 percent...
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Publishing News Market Tip August 1-15, 2005 Edition Market Tip Harlequin to Launch New Next Fiction Line in August NEW YORK, NY/07/18/2005Harlequin, the largest publisher of romance, will launch a new division this month called, NEXT. The publishing giant seeks to...
Penguin Targets New Readership With Short Paperbacks
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...
Book Sales Warm in June Says AAP
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Book Sales Warm in June Says AAP New York, NY/08/03/2005June brought publishing sales gains for eight categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Adult hardcover and the adult mass market...
AAP Asks Google to Halt Book Scanning Until It Reviews Legal Issues
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2005 Edition AAP Asks Google to Halt Book Scanning Until It Reviews Legal Issues NEW YORK, NY/06/21/05The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has asked Google to stop scanning copyrighted books published by the association's...
