Publishing News General News October 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Ruminator Review Resumes Publication With Fall Edition St. Paul, MN/09/23/04—After a nine-month hiatus, the Ruminator Review has resumed publication with its September/October 2004 issue. Pearl...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition AAP Joins and Others Sue Treasury Department Over Economic Powers Act WASHINGTON, D.C./09/27/04—Four publishing organizations have filed a law suit in New York's U.S. District Court which would bar the Treasury Department...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Announces New BookWASHINGTON, D.C./09/27/04—Regnery Publishing announced today, on the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Contract with America, that it will publish a major new book...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Former Film Exec and Editor Launch of Artists Literary Group New York, NY/09/16/04—Joe Veltre, former film executive and editor, has announced the establishment of a new literary agency, Artists Literary Group, LLC (ALG)...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Independent Mystery Booksellers Launch Killer Books Program 09/27/04—The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, comprised of people who run mystery bookstores, has launched its own books-of-the-month list. According...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Ripley Entertainment to Independently Publish Own Books NEW YORK,NY/09/27/04—According to Publishers Weekly, Ripley Entertainment, famous publisher of Robert Ripley's Believe-It-or-Not series plans to publish several...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Without Harry Potter, Scholastic Reports Seasonal Losses NEW YORK, NY/09/21/04—Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHL) has announced results for the first fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2004. Scholastic's first quarter is...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition HarperCollins to Expand Latino Imprint, Rayo NEW YORK, NY/09/24/04—HarperCollins will increase output for its Latino imprint, Rayo, to 75 titles annually, and has promoted Rene Alegria to editorial director and publisher....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition Christina Boys to Edit Warner's New Center Street Imprint NEW YORK, NY/09/21/04—Christina Boys, formerly with Simon & Schuster, has been named editor of Time Warner Book Group's new Center Street imprint, which will focus...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2004 Edition BREAKING NEWS Laurie Rippon Named Publisher of Harper Design NEW YORK, NY/09/28/04—HarperCollins Publishers today announced that Laurie Rippon has been named Publisher of Harper Design, the company’s imprint that...