MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition 2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Awards Seeks Entries From Publishers, AgentsNEW YORK, NY/11/04/04PEN/Beyond Margins Awards invites submissions of booklength writings by authors of color, published in the United States during...
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Ballantine and Random House Sign Four-Book Contract With Gail Godwin
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2004 Edition Ballantine and Random House Sign Four-Book Contract With Gail Godwin11/08/04Ballantine Books and Random House have acquired world rights to two novels and two nonfiction books on writing by bestselling author Gail...
November 1-15, 2004
Publishing News Book Deals November 1-15, 2004 Edition Book Deals Update PublicAffairs Decides Against Clarke Project NEW YORK, NY/10/25/04According to an article in Publishers Weekly, PublicAffairsa member of the Perseus Books Grouphas decided to back out of a...
Publishers, NEA Join Forces to Address National Reading Crisis
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2004 Edition Publishers, NEA Join Forces to Address National Reading Crisis Washington DC/10/25/04The Association of American Publishers today announced a new partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts to help raise...
Amazon.com Reports 29 Percent Sales Growth, Book Sales Up 12 Percent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2004 Edition Amazon.com Reports 29 Percent Sales Growth, Book Sales Up 12 Percent SEATTLE, WA/10/21/04Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2004. Sales in Amazon.com's...
New Simon & Schuster VP to Focus Efforts On Backlist Titles
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2004 Edition New Simon & Schuster VP to Focus Efforts On Backlist Titles NEW YORK, NY/10/21/04Simon & Schuster has named B.J. Gabriel, formerly director of national accounts, to a new post as vice president of sales development. His...
Prometheus Books Inaugurates New Sci Fi/Fan Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2004 Edition Prometheus Books Inaugurates New Sci Fi/Fan Imprint Amherst, NY/10/18/04Prometheus Books has announced the inaugural titles for its new science fiction and fantasy imprint, Pyr. Pyrs upcoming Spring/Summer 2005 line...
Wal-Mart Cancels America Orders Over Doctored Photo
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2004 Edition Wal-Mart Cancels America Orders Over Doctored Photo NEW YORK, NY/10/19/04A doctored photo that appears inside America (The Book), A Citizens Guide to Democracy Inaction, has prompted Wal-Mart and several other...
Borders CEO Refutes Claims in PW Article
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2004 Edition Borders CEO Refutes Claims in PW Article ANN ARBOR, MICH/10/26/04Responding to a negative report by Publishers Weekly October 21, Borders Group chairman Greg Josefowicz said that claims of poor communication and service...
THE LINE OF BEAUTY WINS THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2004
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2004 Edition THE LINE OF BEAUTY WINS THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2004 LONDON/10/20/04Acclaimed novelist Alan Hollinghurst got lucky for the second time on October 19. He won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction....
