MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2004 Edition Blackwell's May Sell Retail Book Stores, As Competition MountsOXFORD, ENGLAND/11/19/04Blackwell Ltd. is considering the sale of all or some of its 61 bookstores in the U.K., according to an article November 19 by...
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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/11/17/04An 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./11/18/04The 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 Quarter11/17/04Borders 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 Quarter11/18/04Books-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/ 11/15/04Barnes & 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/11/17/04Lippincott 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/11/09/04HarperCollins Publishers has announced that Michael Morrison has been named President and Group Publisher of the newly created...
Publishing Sales Remain Buoyant in September
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Publishing Sales Remain Buoyant in September New York, NY/11/09/04Publishing sales dropped slightly as summer wound down. Year to date sales were up in ten categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers...
Publishers To Honor USA Today
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Publishers To Honor USA Today Washington, D.C./11/08/04Americas publishing industry will pay formal tribute to USA Today for the newspapers outstanding work in promoting American books and authors, the Association of...
