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...
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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...
December 15-31, 2004
Publishing News General News December 15-31, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS ALA Midwinter Conference Set in Boston BOSTON, MA/12/15/05The American Library Association, the oldest and largest library association in the world, will hold its 2005 Midwinter Conference January...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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/11/19/04Blackwell Ltd. is considering the sale of all or some of its 61 bookstores in the U.K., according to an article November 19 by...
