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Barnes & Noble Sells 105 New Potter Copies Per Second

Aug 1, 2005 |

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble Sells 105 New Potter Copies Per Second NEW YORK, NY/07/17/05—Barnes & 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

Aug 1, 2005 |

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...

Pearson Reports Mid-Year Results, Penguin Sales Rise

Aug 1, 2005 |

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...

Harlequin Parent, Torstar, Reports Scant Rise in Profits

Aug 1, 2005 |

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...

Aug 1-15, 2005

Aug 1, 2005 |

Publishing News Market Tip August 1-15, 2005 Edition Market Tip Harlequin to Launch New “Next” Fiction Line in August NEW YORK, NY/07/18/2005—Harlequin, 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

Aug 1, 2005 |

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

Aug 1, 2005 |

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...

July 1-15, 2005 Book Deals

Aug 1, 2005 |

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...