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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 Rodale Press Names New Editor of Book Groups NEW YORK, NY/04/12/05—Tami Booth has been promoted to editor-in-chief of Rodale Press's newly-combined book group. In part, she replaces executive editor Stephanie Tade, who...