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...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
January 15-31, 2005 People
Publishing News People January 15-31, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Nelson Named New Editor-in-Chief of Publisher's Weekly NEW YORK, NY/01/03/05Sara Nelson has been named editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly, effective in January 2005. The announcement was made by PW executive...
Penguin Young Readers Group Signs #1 Best Selling Author Cussler for Kids Novel
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Penguin Young Readers Group Signs #1 Best Selling Author Cussler for Kids NovelNEW YORK, NY/01/04/05Penguin Young Readers Group has signed up best selling author, Clive Cusslers first book for young readers. Clive...
Taunton Press Taps Random House As New Distributor
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Taunton Press Taps Random House As New DistributorNEW YORK, NY/01/06/04The Taunton Pressa leading publisher of books and magazines about hands-on skills such as home building, cooking, and gardeninghas named Random...
PW Analyzes Bestseller Lists By Publisher
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition PW Analyzes Bestseller Lists By PublisherNEW YORK, NY/01/06/05Publishers 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...
