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,...
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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...
Growth of Religious Market Spawns New Imprints
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2005 Edition Growth of Religious Market Spawns New Imprints NEW YORK, NY/05/25/05The Book Industry Study Group's recent prediction that religious book sales will grow by 50% in the five years ahead confirms why publishers are adding...
Time Warner CEO Kirshbaum to Leave Post
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2005 Edition Time Warner CEO Kirshbaum to Leave PostNEW YORK, NY/05/17/05Laurence J. Kirshbaum, CEO of the Time Warner Book Group, said Monday, May 16, that he is leaving the company at the end of the year, most likely to become a...
Better Homes Publisher Buys G+J’s Magazines
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2005 Edition Better Homes Publisher Buys G+J's Magazines FRANKFURT, Germany/05/25/05Meredith Corp., publisher of Ladies Home Journal and other major women's magazines has acquired four magazines from German publisher Gruner + Jahr AG &...
