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...
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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 &...
Strang to Help Distribute Penguin Titles in Christian Market
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2005 Edition Strang to Help Distribute Penguin Titles in Christian Market NEW YORK, NY/05/12/2005Strang Communications, a privately held publisher of Christian magazines, text books, and novels, has signed a four-year agreement with...
May 15-31, 2005 Awards
Publishing News Awards May 15-31, 2005 Edition AWARDS Scholastic Reveals Winners of Kids' Writing Contest NEW YORK, NY/05/10/05Scholastic, the global publishing, education and media company, has announced the winners of the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors(R)...
May 15-31, 2005 Book Selling
Publishing News Bookselling May 15-31, 2005 Edition BOOKSELLING Barnes & Noble to Open New Store in Newburgh, NY NEW YORK, NY/05/04/05Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the world's largest bookseller, will open a new bookstore on May 18 at 1245 Route 300 (Union...
