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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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,...
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...
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 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...
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...
University Presses Voice Concerns Over Google Library Program
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...
May 15-31, 2005 General News
Publishing News General News May 15-31, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS S&S to Publish Kids' Books Based on VIZ Deko Boko Characters SAN FRANCISCO, CA/05/06/05VIZ Media is expanding its preschool brand Deko Boko Friends with toy and licensing deals in North America,...
John Wiley to Acquire Sybex, Inc.
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2005 Edition John Wiley to Acquire Sybex, Inc. HOBOKEN, NJ/05/11/05According to an Associated Press item in Business Week Online, John Wiley & Sons Inc., has agreed to acquire Sybex Inc., a leading computer book and software publisher....
Harlequin Signs Premium Licensing Deal With Vocel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2005 Edition Harlequin Signs Premium Licensing Deal With Vocel TORONTO/05/09/05In an effort to appeal to younger audiences, Harlequin Enterprises Limited has announced a new branding and content licensing agreement with wireless...
