MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 15-31, 2005 Edition Burnham Named HarperCollins Publisher Replacing Weinberg New York, NY/03/08/05Jonathan Burnham, formerly president and editor-in-chief of Miramax Books, has been named publisher at HarperCollins, replacing Susan Weinberg,...
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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/03/06/05In 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/03/17/05In 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/2/17/05Barnes & Noble has annoucned it will open a 28,000-sq.-ft. store in Montclair, Calif. next spring. The new facility will be located in...
Publishers to Enlarge Mass Market Format
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...
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...
