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December 15-31, 2004

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...

December 1-15, 2004

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...

Blackwell’s May Sell Retail Book Stores, As Competition Mounts

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...

Authors Criticize Publish America’s Prices and Policies

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Authors Criticize Publish America's Prices and PoliciesNEW YORK, NY/11/17/04—An article by Publishers Weekly November 16 revealed a number of author complaints against Publish America, which many consider to be a vanity...

Independent Wholesaler Booksource to Close Distribution Facility

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Independent Wholesaler Booksource to Close Distribution FacilityST. LOUIS, MO./11/18/04—The Booksource, thirty-year-old book wholesaler serving retail book stores in the St.Louis area, will close its retail distribution...

Borders SuperStore Sales Drop 1.6% for Third Quarter

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Borders SuperStore Sales Drop 1.6% for Third Quarter11/17/04—Borders Group reported a 1.6% decline in same store superstore sales for the third quarter, and Walden's same-store sales declined 4.1 %. Overall, however,...

BAM Reports Small Sales Gain In Third Quarter

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition BAM Reports Small Sales Gain In Third Quarter11/18/04—Books-A-Million ended the third quarter October 30 with a slight net sales increase of 1.8% to $104.3 million. Net losses grew to $1.1 million this period, compared...

Barnes & Noble Reports Slight Sales Increase, Profits Decline

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Slight Sales Increase, Profits DeclineNew York, NY/ 11/15/04—Barnes & Noble, Inc. reported overall book division sales rose 1.7% to $1.04 billion for the third quarter ending October 30. But...

December 1-15, 2004 People

Publishing News People December 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Marie Massie Joins Lippincott Mcquilkin As Agency Partner NEW YORK, NY/11/17/04—Lippincott McQuilkin & Co. announced today that Maria Massie, previously of Witherspoon & Associates and Inkwell Management, will...

HarperCollins Names Morrison to Head New HarperMorrow Division

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition HarperCollins Names Morrison to Head New HarperMorrow Division NEW YORK, NY/11/09/04—HarperCollins Publishers has announced that Michael Morrison has been named President and Group Publisher of the newly created...