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...
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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...
Northeastern University Press May Be Saved By UPNE Consortium
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition Northeastern University Press May Be Saved By UPNE ConsortiumBOSTON, MA/12/08/04Northeastern University Press, which had planned to go out of business by the end of 2004, now has a second chance to survive by having...
Publishers Encouraged to Check Search Engine Behaviors When Marketing
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition Publishers Encouraged to Check Search Engine Behaviors When Marketing DALLAS, TX/12/14/04An item in Publishers Weekly prompts Authorlink to encourage publishers, especially smaller ones, to think about their...
BookExpo and CBE to Partner at BEA in New York in June
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 15-31, 2004 Edition BookExpo and CBE to Partner at BEA in New York in JuneNEW YORK, NY/12/15/04BookExpo America is partnering with the Combined Book Exhibit to mount the first-ever BEA/Combined Book Exhibit New Title Display at the 2005...
