MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2005 Edition Publishers to Enlarge Mass Market Format New York, NY/02/16/05At least three major publishersPenguin, Simon & Schuster and Hyperion--are planning to offer a new mass market book format. Challenged by sales slumps and a...
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Book Publishing Sales Total $23.7 Billion in 2004
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2005 Edition Book Publishing Sales Total $23.7 Billion in 2004New York, NY/02/24/05Net sales for the entire United States publishing industry are estimated to have increased by 1.3 percent from 2003 to 2004 to a grand total of $23.72...
Baron Leaves Putnam Presidency, Kennedy Takes Over
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2005 Edition Baron Leaves Putnam Presidency, Kennedy Takes OverNEW YORK, NY/02/18/05Carole Baron, president of G.P. Putnam's Sons and Dutton, both divisions of Penguin Group (USA), is leaving the company. Susan Petersen Kennedy,...
Gallagher to Head HarperCollins Imprints As Publisher
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2005 Edition Gallagher to Head HarperCollins Imprints As PublisherNEW YORK, NY/2/16/05HarperCollins has promoted Lisa Gallagher from senior vice president and associate publisher to publisher of William Morrow, HarperEntertainment and...
Customers Rank BN.Com Number One Among Online Sites
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2005 Edition Customers Rank BN.Com Number One Among Online Sites New York, NY/02/16/05Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the worlds largest bookseller, has announced that Barnes & Noble.com ( www.bn.com), was number one in customer...
Random House Ventures to Deliver Content on Mobile Phones
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2005 Edition Random House Ventures to Deliver Content on Mobile PhonesNEW YORK, NY/02/18/05Random House Ventures, the investment subsidiary of publisher Random House, has acquired a substantial interest in VOCEL, a publisher of branded...
Penguin UK Reduces Board From Eight to Four
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2005 Edition Penguin UK Reduces Board From Eight to FourNew York, NY/02/16/05Penguin UK (whose parent company is Pearson, Plc.) has has restructured the management board which runs Penguin UK and DK, cutting the old eight-member panel...
March 1-15, 2005 People
Publishing News People March 1-15, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Jennifer Hershey Moves to Random House NEW YORK, NY, 2/17/05Jennifer Hershey has been named editorial director at Random House, effective March 14. She joins RH after serving in the same capacity at Putnam....
February 15 – 28, 2005
Publishing News People February 15-28, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Merchandetti Movets to Random House as Sr. Editor NEW YORK, NY/02/01/05Susan Mercandetti, Senior Acquisitions Editor for Miramax Books, will join the editorial staff of the Random House Publishing Group, a...
HarperCollins, Smithsonian Launch Co-Publishing Venture
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-28, 2005 Edition HarperCollins , Smithsonian Launch Co-Publishing Venture New York, NY/02/10/05The Smithsonian Institution and HarperCollins Publishers have announced the formation of a broad and long-term publishing partnership. This...
