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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Barnes & Noble Expects Slow Growth Report for First QuarterNew York, NY/04/20/05—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, has reaffirmed existing sales and earnings guidance for the first quarter and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Random House Sales Remain Flat for 2004 Year NEW YORK, NY/04/19/05—Random House experienced relatively flat U.S. sales of about $1.33 billion in 2004, according to Publishers' Weekly, which cited information in parent...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Random House to Launch New Children's ImprintNEW YORK, NY/04/19/05—Random House Golden Books for Young Readers and Bolder Media for Boys and Girls will partner in creating a new RH imprint called Bolder Books. The new line...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Shambhala's New Trumpeter Imprint to Broaden ScopeBoston, MA/04/19/05—Shambhala Publications, which publishes books on Buddhism and philosophy, will introduce its new Trumpeter Books imprint in September. The first book in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Del Rey Celebrates One Millionth Manga in PrintNew York, NY/04/19/205—Del Rey Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, announced today that it has surpassed a million copies of its manga in print in less than a...

Publishing News Book Deals April 15-30, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Riverhead Signs Popular Playwright Tyler Perry For First Book New York, NY/04/11/05—Tyler Perry, the ground-breaking and immensely popular playwright and performer who created the #1 hit movie, Diary of A...

Publishing News General News April 15-30, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Random House to Release Barbie Diaries NEW YORK, NY/04/05/05—Barbie, the doll that inspired generations of young girls, will soon appear as a diarist, penning her life events and thoughts in two books...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 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...