Publishing News General News January 15-31, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Elsevier Signs Agreement With Hellenic to Bring Medical Info to Greece AMSTERDAM/01/11/05—Elsevier has announced the signing of a 5 -year agreement for the provision of vital scientific and medical...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Harcourt Education International Acquires Payne-Gallway LONDON/01/11/2005—Harcourt Education International, the UK’s leading school and college publisher, has announced the acquisition of Payne-Gallway, the specialist IT...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Publishing Sales Gain Momentum in NovemberNew York, NY/01/13/05—Publishing sales in November signalled a potential upswing in publishing sales numbers for 2004. Ten categories tracked by the Association of American...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Warner Faith Aims to Increase Output by 25% NASHVILLE, TN/01/06/05—Nashville-based Warner Faith and Center Street, imprints of The Time Warner Book Group, plan to expand their combined annual output from 45 to 60 titles...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition HarperCollins Reveals Structure of New Collins DivisionNew York, NY/01/05/05—HarperCollins Publishers has outlined the structure and mission of the company’s newly established U.S. Collins Division, in addition to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Steerforth Press Resumes Publication of Fictional Titles Hanover, NH/01/06/05—Steerforth Press, based in Hanover, New Hampshire, has resumed publication of new fiction after a two-year hiatus. Roland Pease, founder of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Jürgen Boos Appointed Director of Frankfurt Book Fair FRANKFURT, GERMANY/01/03/053-Jürgen Boos, age 43, has been appointed director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, effective April 1, 2005. The announcement was made January 3...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition BARNES & NOBLE REPORTS HOLIDAY SALES INCREASE 5.7% New York, NY/01/06/05—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, has reported sales of $1,040.5 million for the nine-week holiday period from...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition PW Analyzes Bestseller Lists By PublisherNEW YORK, NY/01/06/05—Publishers Weekly this week will release its annual bestseller analysis of popular books and the houses that published them. In a preview of the report, PW...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Taunton Press Taps Random House As New DistributorNEW YORK, NY/01/06/04—The Taunton Press—a leading publisher of books and magazines about hands-on skills such as home building, cooking, and gardening—has named Random...