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...
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Penguin Young Readers Group Wins Hot Young Adult Fairy Tale in Heated Auction
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Penguin Young Readers Group Wins Hot Young Adult Fairy Tale in Heated Auction NEW YORK, NY/10/13/04Penguin Young Readers Groups Lauri Hornik, Associate Publisher and Editorial Director, for Dial Books for Young Readers...
Thomson Corp. To Sell Media Unit to Investors
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Thomson Corp. To Sell Media Unit to Investors OTTAWA/10/08/2004Toronto-based Thomson Corp. has announced it will sell its media division to Investcorp, an investment group, for $350 million in cash. The deal is expected...
Bertelsmann CEO Says His Media Group Still Seeks U.S. Acquisition
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Bertelsmann CEO Says His Media Group Still Seeks U.S. Acquisition FRANKFURT/10/08/2004In a Reuters report by Boris Groendahl, the CEO of the worlds fourth-largest media group said it would acquire another book...
Reed Elsevier Maintains Performance Targets Despite Sagging Stocks
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Reed Elsevier Maintains Performance Targets Despite Sagging Stocks LONDON/10/12/2004Reed Elsevier, the Anglo-Dutch publisher reaffirmed its 2004 financial targets on Tuesday, despite sagging stock prices. The company...
Aperture Foundation to Expand Book Publishing Program
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2004 Edition Aperture Foundation to Expand Book Publishing Program NEW YORK, NY/10/11/2004The nonprofit Aperture Foundation, an arts institution dedicated to advancing fine photography and publisher of Aperture Books and Aperture...
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...
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...
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...
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...
