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...
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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...
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...
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...
Bloomsbury USA Announces Acquisition Of Walker Publishing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 1-15, 2005 Edition Bloomsbury USA Announces Acquisition Of Walker Publishing NEW YORK, NY/12/22/04Bloomsbury USA, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., one of Europe's leading independent publishing houses, will acquire 45-year-old...
Google, Major Libraries to Undertake Massive Online Digitizing Project
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 1-15, 2005 Edition Google, Major Libraries to Undertake Massive Online Digitizing Project NEW YORK, NY/12/21/04Google has made a deal with five major public libraries to create an online digital library that could hold searchable...
Sterling Publishing to Provide Content for DIY Cable Network
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 1-15, 2005 Edition Sterling Publishing to Provide Content for DIY Cable Network NEW YORK, NY/12/18/04Sterling Publishing Company, owned by Barnes & Noble since January 2003, and the cable network, DIY (Do It Yourself), have signed a deal...
January 1 – 15, 2005
Publishing News People January 1-15, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Behar Moves to Little, Brown as Executive Editor NEW YORK, NY/12/22/04Tracy Behar, editorial director for Simon & Schuster's Atria and Washington Square Press, is leaving to become executive editor at Little...
October Publishing Sales Down In Seven Categories, AAP Reports
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition October Publishing Sales Down In Seven Categories, AAP Reports NEW YORK, NY/12/14/04Publishing sales were down in seven categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) in October; however, gains in...
PW Reports Poor BookScan Sales for NBA Awardees
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition PW Reports Poor BookScan Sales for NBA AwardeesNEW YORK, NY/12/02/04A recent report in Publishers Weekly, based on Nielsen BookScan rankings, shows that the four winners of the National Book Award this year each have...
