MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2005 Edition Potter Publisher Bloomsbury Posts Increased ProfitsLONDON/04/02/05—UK-based Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, which publishes the Harry Potter books, reported a 26 per cent increase in annual profits for the fiscal 2004 year. The...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2005 Edition Marcus Departs Scholastic Post After 22 Years NEW YORK, NY/04/07/2005—After 22 years as a top executive at Scholastic, Inc., Barbara Marcus is departing the company. Most recently, she had served as president of Children's...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2005 Edition Atlantic Monthly To Abolish Fiction From Regular Issues BOSTON, MA/04/09/05—Atlantic Monthly has announced it will cease to publish short fiction in its regular monthly magazine. The 150-year-old publication, one of the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2005 Edition 2005 BOOK SENSE BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNERS ANNOUNCED TARRYTOWN, NY/04/12/05—The American Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the winners of the 2005 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards. The winners in both adult and...

Publishing News Bookselling April 15-30, 2005 Edition BOOKSELLING Barnes & Noble Opens New Store In Pittsburgh Barnes & Noble Inc. has opened its ninth Pittsburgh-area store, this one adjacent to the South Hills Village Mall. The South Hills Barnes & Noble opened...

Publishing News People April 15-30, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Literary Giant Saul Bellow Dies at Age 89 NEW YORK, NY/04/07/05—Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow died April 7 in his Massachusetts home at age 89. His wife, Janis, and daughter, Naomi, were at his beside...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2005 Edition Ivan Held Named President of G.P. Putnam's New York, NY/03/29/05—Ivan Held has been named President of GP Putnam's Sons, it was announced today by Susan Petersen Kennedy, President of Penguin Group (USA). Mr. Held, who will...

Publishing News Book Deals April 1-15, 2005 Edition BOOK DEALS Atria Books to Publish Javier Sierra’s Bestseller The Secret Supper NEW YORK, NY/03/21/05—The international bestseller The Secret Supper by Spanish novelist Javier Sierra has been signed in a pre-emptive...

Publishing News General News April 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Small Press Center Offers Writers' Event NEW YORK, NY/03/23/05—The annual New York Roundtable Writers Conference, sponsored by the Small Press Center, will be held April 29-30 at the Center at 20 West...

Publishing News Financials April 1-15, 2005 Edition FINANCIALS Barnes & Noble Anounces Repurchase of Common Shares New York, NY/03/24/2005—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a...