MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 1-15, 2005 Edition Sterling Publishing to Provide Content for DIY Cable Network NEW YORK, NY/12/18/04—Sterling Publishing Company, owned by Barnes & Noble since January 2003, and the cable network, DIY (Do It Yourself), have signed a deal...

Publishing News People January 1-15, 2005 Edition PEOPLE Behar Moves to Little, Brown as Executive Editor NEW YORK, NY/12/22/04—Tracy Behar, editorial director for Simon & Schuster's Atria and Washington Square Press, is leaving to become executive editor at Little...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition October Publishing Sales Down In Seven Categories, AAP Reports NEW YORK, NY/12/14/04—Publishing sales were down in seven categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) in October; however, gains in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition PW Reports Poor BookScan Sales for NBA AwardeesNEW YORK, NY/12/02/04—A recent report in Publishers Weekly, based on Nielsen BookScan rankings, shows that the four winners of the National Book Award this year each have...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition Northeastern University Press May Be Saved By UPNE ConsortiumBOSTON, MA/12/08/04—Northeastern University Press, which had planned to go out of business by the end of 2004, now has a second chance to survive by having...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition Publishers Encouraged to Check Search Engine Behaviors When Marketing DALLAS, TX/12/14/04—An item in Publishers Weekly prompts Authorlink to encourage publishers, especially smaller ones, to think about their...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition BookExpo and CBE to Partner at BEA in New York in JuneNEW YORK, NY/12/15/04—BookExpo America is partnering with the Combined Book Exhibit to mount the first-ever BEA/Combined Book Exhibit New Title Display at the 2005...

Publishing News General News December 15-31, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS ALA Midwinter Conference Set in Boston BOSTON, MA/12/15/05—The American Library Association, the oldest and largest library association in the world, will hold its 2005 Midwinter Conference January...

Publishing News General News December 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Tangled Hearts Author Helps Promote Adoption DALLAS, TX/08/13/04—Child advocate and author Patti Lynn Bongiorno, who gained national attention with a series of books she wrote for the children...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Blackwell's May Sell Retail Book Stores, As Competition MountsOXFORD, ENGLAND/11/19/04—Blackwell Ltd. is considering the sale of all or some of its 61 bookstores in the U.K., according to an article November 19 by...