MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2005 Edition University Presses Voice Concerns Over Google Library Program New York, NY/05/31/05Google's plan to digitize the book collections of major research libraries at Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan and others, has...
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June 1-15, 2005 People
Publishing News People June 1-15, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Lockhart to Head Zondervan at HarperCollins NEW YORK, NY/05/27/05Doug Lockhart has been named president of HarperCollins' religious imprint, Zondervan. He succeeds Bruce Ryskamp, who continues as CEO. Lockhart has...
June 1-15, 2005 General News
Publishing News General News June 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Pearson, Audible Team Up to Offer Learning Products NEW YORK, NY/05/17/05Pearson Higher Education, part of Pearson plc (LSE: PSON; NYSE: PSO), and Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL) have announced a...
Book Industry Report Sees Healthy Increase in Sales Over 5 Years
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2005 Edition Book Industry Report Sees Healthy Increase in Sales Over 5 YearsNew York, NY/05/17/05Total book industry revenues will increase 18.3 % over the next five years, according to a new report, Book Industry TRENDS 2005,...
June 1-15, 2005
Publishing News General News June 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Pearson, Audible Team Up to Offer Learning Products NEW YORK, NY/05/17/05Pearson Higher Education, part of Pearson plc (LSE: PSON; NYSE: PSO), and Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL) have announced a...
June 1-15, 2005 Book Selling
Publishing News Bookselling June 1-15, 2005 Edition BOOKSELLING Barnes & Noble Opens New Store in Fort Worth, TX NEW YORK, NY/06/01/05Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, opened a new bookstore on June 1 at 4801 Overton Ridge Boulevard,...
Bowker Report Shows More Titles Published But Fewer Books Sold
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2005 Edition Bowker Report Shows More Titles Published But Fewer Books SoldNEW YORK, NY/5/25/05R.R. Bowker reported this week that the number of published books increased a whopping 14% to 195,000 titles in 2004. Included in that number...
Consumer Book Sales Increase In Some Categories
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2005 Edition Consumer Book Sales Increase In Some CategoriesNew York, NY/05/14/05The Association of American Publishers recently released the 2004 edition of Consumer Books and Materials. The only one of its kind, the report is based on...
Barnes & Noble Reports First Quarter Financial Results
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports First Quarter Financial ResultsNew York, NY/05/17/05Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, reported sales and earnings for the first quarter ended April 30, 2005. Net...
Major Chains See Slow Growth in First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2005 Edition Major Chains See Slow Growth in First QuarterNEW YORK, NY/05/24/05Three major bookstore chainsBarnes & Noble, Borders, and Books-A-Million, saw combined sales of $2.06 billion for the quarter ended April 30. The figure...
