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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Barnes & Noble Reports Holiday Sales Increase 5.7%
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition BARNES & NOBLE REPORTS HOLIDAY SALES INCREASE 5.7% New York, NY/01/06/05Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the worlds largest bookseller, has reported sales of $1,040.5 million for the nine-week holiday period from...
J?rgen Boos Appointed Director of Frankfurt Book Fair
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...
Steerforth Press Resumes Publication of Fictional Titles
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Steerforth Press Resumes Publication of Fictional Titles Hanover, NH/01/06/05Steerforth Press, based in Hanover, New Hampshire, has resumed publication of new fiction after a two-year hiatus. Roland Pease, founder of...
HarperCollins Reveals Structure of New Collins Division
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition HarperCollins Reveals Structure of New Collins DivisionNew York, NY/01/05/05HarperCollins Publishers has outlined the structure and mission of the companys newly established U.S. Collins Division, in addition to...
Warner Faith Aims to Increase Output by 25%
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Warner Faith Aims to Increase Output by 25% NASHVILLE, TN/01/06/05Nashville-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...
Publishing Sales Gain Momentum in November
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Publishing Sales Gain Momentum in NovemberNew York, NY/01/13/05Publishing sales in November signalled a potential upswing in publishing sales numbers for 2004. Ten categories tracked by the Association of American...
Harcourt Education International Acquires Payne-Gallway
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 15-31, 2005 Edition Harcourt Education International Acquires Payne-Gallway LONDON/01/11/2005Harcourt Education International, the UKs leading school and college publisher, has announced the acquisition of Payne-Gallway, the specialist IT...
January 15-31, 2005
Publishing News General News January 15-31, 2005 Edition GENERAL NEWS Elsevier Signs Agreement With Hellenic to Bring Medical Info to Greece AMSTERDAM/01/11/05Elsevier has announced the signing of a 5 -year agreement for the provision of vital scientific and medical...
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...
