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...
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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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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...
Publishing Sales Figures Mixed in December
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-28, 2005 Edition Publishing Sales Figures Mixed in December New York, NY/02/04/05December sales figures grew in several categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers providing a year-end boost for some; however, other...
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...
