MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2005 Edition Harlequin Signs Premium Licensing Deal With Vocel TORONTO/05/09/05—In an effort to appeal to younger audiences, Harlequin Enterprises Limited has announced a new branding and content licensing agreement with wireless...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2005 Edition John Wiley to Acquire Sybex, Inc. HOBOKEN, NJ/05/11/05—According 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....

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/05/06/05—VIZ Media is expanding its preschool brand Deko Boko Friends with toy and licensing deals in North America,...

Publishing News Awards May 1-15, 2005 Edition AWARDS C.K. Williams Wins Lilly Prize for Poetry CHICAGO, IL/04/20/05—C.K. Williams, the author of nine collections of poetry and recipient of multiple awards, has won the 2005 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Established in 1986,...

Publishing News General News May 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Wiley InterScience Launches Sciences Back-Issue Collection Hoboken, NJ/04/19/05—Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced the launch of the Analytical Sciences Backfile Collection, the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Bloomsbury Exec Wary of Google's Print ProgramLondon/04/20/05—According to an item in The Bookseller, Bloomsbury chief executive Nigel Newton has warned UK publishers to beware of Internet search engine Google. Newton warned...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Breaking News Random House Signs Two New Doctorow Books NEW YORK, NY/04/27/2005—E. L. Doctorow, the author of some of the most renowned novels of our time—among them RAGTIME, THE BOOK OF DANIEL, and BILLY BATHGATE—will...

Publishing News General News May 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Wiley InterScience Launches Sciences Back-Issue Collection Hoboken, NJ/04/19/05—Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced the launch of the Analytical Sciences Backfile Collection, the...

Publishing News Bookselling May 1-15, 2005 Edition BOOKSELLING Barnes & Noble Signs Lease for San Jose, California, Store; Store NEW YORK, NY/04/19/05—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced it has signed a lease agreement to open a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Penguin's Sales Hurt by Declines in Mass MarketNEW YORK, NY/04/21/05—Penguin Group, whose parent company is Pearson Plc, posted an unexpected 41 percent decline in 2004 operating profit to 54 million pounds. The large drop...