Publishing News People February 15-28, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Indy Publisher Johnny Temple Wins Bass Award Washington, DC/05/03/05The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced today that Johnny Temple, Publisher of Akashic Books, has been chosen as the...
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February 1-15, 2005
Publishing News Financial News February 1-15, 2005 Edition FINANCIAL NEWS Reader's Digest Association Doubles Dividend to 10 Cents Per Share PLEASANTVILLE, NY/01/21/05The board of directors of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE: RDA) today declared a...
Atria to Launch New Hispanic, Latino Line
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2005 Edition Atria to Launch New Hispanic, Latino Line NEW YORK, NY/01/19/05Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, will develop a new Hispanic and Latino publishing line due out next spring. Johanna Castillo, formerly an agent...
Parable Group Set to Develop Franchised Stores
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2005 Edition Parable Group Set to Develop Franchised StoresSan Luis Obispo, CA/01/21/05The Parable Group, a marketing consortium for 230 independently-owned member stores, will now begin to package its marketing and operations...
National Book Critics Circle Chooses Award Nominees
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2005 Edition National Book Critics Circle Chooses Award Nominees01/20/05The nominees for the National Book Critics Circle awards for the publishing year 2004 in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, biography/autobiography,...
Simon & Schuster to Focus on Direct Consumer Marketing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2005 Edition Simon & Schuster to Focus on Direct Consumer Marketing NEW YORK, NY/01/22/05Simon & Schuster has launched a new marketing unit designed to stay in closer touch with consumers. The effort will include an increase in...
PMA and Panel Tap 30 Small Press Titles for IPG Distribution
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2005 Edition PMA and Panel Tap 30 Small Press Titles for IPG Distribution NEW YORK, NY/01/21/05A consortium of book industry professionals has named 30 books out of 170 competing titles that they feel will sell well across the...
Doubleday to Publish Controversial Zawahiri, bin Laden Writings
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15 , 2005 Edition Doubleday to Publish Controversial Zawahiri, bin Laden Writings NEW YORK, NY/01/24/05Doubleday/Random House, which has acquired a highly controversial collection of writings by Al-Qaeda leaders, says it will donate net...
February 1-15, 2005 People
Publishing News People February 1-15, 2005 Edition PEOPLE ALA-Freedom-to-Read Leader Dies WASHINGTON, DC/ 01/24/05The Association of American Publishers joined colleagues in the library community and free speech advocates everywhere in mourning the death of Gordon...
January 15-31, 2005
Publishing News General News January 15-31, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Elsevier Signs Agreement With Hellenic to Bring Medical Info to Greece AMSTERDAM/01/11/05Elsevier has announced the signing of a 5 -year agreement for the provision of vital scientific and medical...
