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,...
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May 1-15, 2005 Awards
Publishing News Awards May 1-15, 2005 Edition AWARDS C.K. Williams Wins Lilly Prize for Poetry CHICAGO, IL/04/20/05C.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,...
May 1-15, 2005 General News
Publishing News General News May 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Wiley InterScience Launches Sciences Back-Issue Collection Hoboken, NJ/04/19/05Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced the launch of the Analytical Sciences Backfile Collection, the...
Bloomsbury Exec Wary of Google’s Print Program
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Bloomsbury Exec Wary of Google's Print ProgramLondon/04/20/05According to an item in The Bookseller, Bloomsbury chief executive Nigel Newton has warned UK publishers to beware of Internet search engine Google. Newton warned...
Random House Signs Two New Doctorow Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Breaking News Random House Signs Two New Doctorow Books NEW YORK, NY/04/27/2005E. L. Doctorow, the author of some of the most renowned novels of our timeamong them RAGTIME, THE BOOK OF DANIEL, and BILLY BATHGATEwill...
May 1-15, 2005
Publishing News General News May 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Wiley InterScience Launches Sciences Back-Issue Collection Hoboken, NJ/04/19/05Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced the launch of the Analytical Sciences Backfile Collection, the...
May 1-15, 2005 Book Selling
Publishing News Bookselling May 1-15, 2005 Edition BOOKSELLING Barnes & Noble Signs Lease for San Jose, California, Store; Store NEW YORK, NY/04/19/05Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced it has signed a lease agreement to open a...
Penguin’s Sales Hurt by Declines in Mass Market
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Penguin's Sales Hurt by Declines in Mass MarketNEW YORK, NY/04/21/05Penguin Group, whose parent company is Pearson Plc, posted an unexpected 41 percent decline in 2004 operating profit to 54 million pounds. The large drop...
Barnes & Noble Expects Slow Growth Report for First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble Expects Slow Growth Report for First QuarterNew York, NY/04/20/05Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the worlds largest bookseller, has reaffirmed existing sales and earnings guidance for the first quarter and...
Random House Sales Remain Flat for 2004 Year
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Random House Sales Remain Flat for 2004 Year NEW YORK, NY/04/19/05Random House experienced relatively flat U.S. sales of about $1.33 billion in 2004, according to Publishers' Weekly, which cited information in parent...
