MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2005 Edition Tight Security Surrounds Release Of Potter Book 06/14/05Top-level security, of the sort used to protect a national treasure, will be deployed next month as the first shipment of the soon-to-be released book, HARRY POTTER...
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Warning to Authors Press-Tige Publishing Company Owner Charged With Fraud
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2005 Edition Warning to Authors Press-Tige Publishing Company Owner Charged With Fraud ALBANY, NY/06/13/05Federal prosecutors have charged Martha Ivery, age 56, of Catskill, with 17 counts of fraud against would-be authors, according...
Taylor & Francis Consolidates Key Imprints
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2005 Edition Taylor & Francis Consolidates Key Imprints Taylor & Francis Group, a leading international academic publisher both in the U.S. and abroad, has finalized the consolidation of their imprints. The humanities and social science...
Zondervan/William Morrow To Publish Inspirational Story of Ashley Smith
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2005 Edition Zondervan/William Morrow To Publish Inspirational Story of Ashley Smith NEW YORK, & GRAND RAPIDS, Mich./06/15/2005The Zondervan and William Morrow divisions of HarperCollins Publishers have acquired world rights to publish...
June 15-30, 2005 General News
Publishing News General News June 15-30, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Alabama Libraries Launch New Digital Library Service ORANGE BEACH, AL/06/06/05Alabama libraries are giving residents unprecedented access to popular audio books directly from their homes and offices...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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...
