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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...

Publishing Sales Remain Buoyant in September

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

Publishers To Honor USA Today

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...

Labor Department Upholds WGAw Election Results

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...

2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Awards Seeks Entries From Publishers, Agents

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...

November 1-15, 2004

Publishing News Book Deals November 1-15, 2004 Edition Book Deals Update PublicAffairs Decides Against Clarke Project NEW YORK, NY/10/25/04—According to an article in Publishers Weekly, PublicAffairs—a member of the Perseus Books Group—has 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/10/25/04—The 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/10/21/04—Amazon.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/10/21/04—Simon & Schuster has named B.J. Gabriel, formerly director of national accounts, to a new post as vice president of sales development. His...