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March 15 – 31, 2005

Publishing News General News March 15-31, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Havana Memoir to Launch Atria's New Latino Imprint NEW YORK, NY/3/10/05— Orlando Sentinel food columnist Viviana Carballo's HAVANA SALSA: Stories and Recipes will be released in Spring 2006 by Atria...

Hyperion, Disney Will Absorb Miramax Books

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 15-31, 2005 Edition Hyperion, Disney Will Absorb Miramax Books NEW YORK,NY/03/10.2005—Disney-owned Miramax Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books, will cease operations, and its backlist and front list inventory will be absorbed into Hyperion...

Publishing Sales Surge in January

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 15-31, 2005 Edition Publishing Sales Surge in January NEW YORK, NY/03/10.2005—Publishing sales witnessed tremendous growth in the first month of the New Year yielding grains in all but three categories tracked by the Association of American...

Books-A-Million Posts 3.1% Increase in Fiscal ’05 Sales

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 15-31, 2005 Edition Books-A-Million Posts 3.1% Increase in Fiscal '05 Sales BIRMINGHAM, ALA/03/10/2005—Books-A-Million,Inc. has announced that sales for the 13-week period ended January 29, 2005, increased 2.9% to $149.4 million from sales of...

Search for First-Time Author to Reveal Three Finalists This Month

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 15-31, 2005 Edition Search for First-Time Author to Reveal Three Finalists This Month New York, NY/03/03/05—In an unprecedented partnership, ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America” and Simon Spotlight Entertainment, an imprint of Simon & Schuster,...

ISBN-13 Support Project Launched by Book Industry Study Group, Inc.

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 15-31, 2005 Edition ISBN-13 Support Project Launched by Book Industry Study Group, Inc. New York, NY/03/09/05—The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) announced on Friday the launch of a new program, the ISBN-13 Education & Support Project,...

Burnham Named HarperCollins Publisher Replacing Weinberg

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 15-31, 2005 Edition Burnham Named HarperCollins Publisher Replacing Weinberg New York, NY/03/08/05—Jonathan Burnham, formerly president and editor-in-chief of Miramax Books, has been named publisher at HarperCollins, replacing Susan Weinberg,...

BISG to Cooperate With UK Book Industry to Improve Trade

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 15-31, 2005 Edition BISG to Cooperate With UK Book Industry to Improve Trade New York, NY/03/06/05—In an effort to improve collaboration, communication and trading efficiencies between members of both organizations, the Executive Directors of...

Publishers Designate May 2005 as Latino Books Month

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 15-31, 2005 Edition Publishers Designate May 2005 as Latino Books Month New York, NY/03/17/05—In its ongoing efforts to promote books by and for Latinos, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has designated May 2005 as the second...

March 1-15, 2005

Publishing News General News Marcy 1-15, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Barnes & Noble to Open Store In Montclair, CA NEW YORK, NY/2/17/05—Barnes & Noble has annoucned it will open a 28,000-sq.-ft. store in Montclair, Calif. next spring. The new facility will be located in...