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...

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...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Publishing Sales Remain Buoyant in September New York, NY/11/09/04—Publishing sales dropped slightly as summer wound down. Year to date sales were up in ten categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Publishers To Honor USA Today Washington, D.C./11/08/04—America’s publishing industry will pay formal tribute to USA Today for the newspaper’s outstanding work in promoting American books and authors, the Association of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Labor Department Upholds WGAw Election Results 11/03/04—Dan Petrie Jr. will be seated as the new president of Writers Guild of America West (WGAw), following an election battle which was decided today by The Department...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition 2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Awards Seeks Entries From Publishers, AgentsNEW YORK, NY/11/04/04—PEN/Beyond Margins Awards invites submissions of booklength writings by authors of color, published in the United States during...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Ballantine and Random House Sign Four-Book Contract With Gail Godwin11/08/04—Ballantine Books and Random House have acquired world rights to two novels and two nonfiction books on writing by bestselling author Gail...

Publishing News Book Deals November 1-15, 2004 Edition Book Deals Update PublicAffairs Decides Against Clarke Project NEW YORK, NY/10/25/04—According to an article in Publishers Weekly, PublicAffairs—a member of the Perseus Books Group—has decided to back out of a...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2004 Edition Publishers, NEA Join Forces to Address National Reading Crisis Washington DC/10/25/04—The Association of American Publishers today announced a new partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts to help raise...