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Shambhala’s New Trumpeter Imprint to Broaden Scope

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...

Random House to Launch New Children’s Imprint

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...

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/04/19/05—Random House experienced relatively flat U.S. sales of about $1.33 billion in 2004, according to Publishers' Weekly, which cited information in parent...

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/04/20/05—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, has reaffirmed existing sales and earnings guidance for the first quarter and...

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/04/21/05—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...

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/04/19/05—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced it has signed a lease agreement to open a...

May 1-15, 2005

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

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/04/27/2005—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...

Bloomsbury Exec Wary of Google’s Print Program

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2005 Edition Bloomsbury Exec Wary of Google's Print ProgramLondon/04/20/05—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...

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/04/19/05—Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced the launch of the Analytical Sciences Backfile Collection, the...