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...
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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....
Google Announces Launch of Print Program to Frankfurt Fairgoers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Google Announces Launch of Print Program to Frankfurt Fairgoers FRANKFURT, GERMANY/10/07/2004Google this week officially turned on its Google Print program and made the announcement at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Google...
General News, Oct. 15 – 31, 2004
Publishing News General News October 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Low Named Publisher of Lee & Low, Spanish Language Publisher NEW YORK, NY/10/08/2004Lee & Low has named Jason Low as publisher, succeeding cofounder Philip Lee, who is retiring. Low is the son of...
October 15-31, 2004
Publishing News Book Deals October 15-31, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Small Publisher Elated Over Jelinek's Nobel Prize LONDON/10/11/04Small London publisher Pete Ayrton of Serpent's Tail returned from the Frankfurt Book Fair glowing over the recent announcement that one...
Publishing Sales Up 3.4 percent in August
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Publishing Sales Up 3.4 percent in August NEW YORK, NY/10/06/2004Publishing sales were up for the year in all but three categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), after August publishing sales...
