MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 15-30, 2004 Edition Insiders Say Weinstein May Leave Disney, Taking Miramax Books With Him NEW YORK,NY/09/13/04Miramax Books' co-founder Harvey Weinstein may be about to split with corporate parent, The Walt Disney Co., possibly taking...
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Barnes & Noble Publishing Hits Bestseller List
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 15-30, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble Publishing Hits Bestseller List NEW YORK, NY/09/13/04Barnes & Noble Publishing has hit The New York Times Bestseller list with a coffee table book titled, Hippie, by Barry Miles. The book, which covers...
September 15-30, 2004 People
Publishing News People September 15-30, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Scientific American Publisher Piel Dies at Age 89 NEW YORK, NY/09/08/04Gerard Piel, former publisher of Scientific American magazine , died September 5 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Queens at the age of 89. Piel...
September 1-15, 2004
Publishing News Book Deals September 1-15, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Among the more unusual book acquisitions and happenings for August 2004 are these: Tale of Psychic Visions Sells to Simon & Schuster NEW YORK, NY/08/19/04A debut novel by Will Clarke, titled Lord...
September 1-15, 2004 General News
Publishing News General News September 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS AAP Announces Release of New Compensation Report New York, NY /08/16/04The Association of American Publishers has announced the release of its 2004 Survey Report on Compensation and Book...
AAP Seeks Meeting With Senate Committee to Alter Public Access Bill
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2004 Edition AAP Seeks Meeting With Senate Committee to Alter Public Access Bill NEW YORK, NY/08/24/04The Association of American Publishers has requested a meeting with members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Labor...
Barnes & Noble Reports Slight Sales Increase For Second Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Slight Sales Increase For Second Quarter New York, NY/08/19/04Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) has reported a 5 % increase in sales for the second quarter ended July 31, 2004, over the previous...
BAM Sales Up Slightly, Profits Rise Significantly
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2004 Edition BAM Sales Up Slightly, Profits Rise SignificantlyNEW YORK, NY/08/19/04Books-A-Million ended its second quarter with a better-than-expected increase of 0.9 percent to $114.1 million. But net income declined from $1.4...
Perseus Books Predicts 9 Percent Sales Growth in ’05
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2004 Edition Perseus Books Predicts 9 Percent Sales Growth in '05NEW YORK, NY/08/21/04The Perseus Books Group is projecting a nine percent sales increase for the current year, according to an employee memo by CEO David Steinberger,...
Quarto Reports Healthy Increase in Book Profits
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2004 Edition Quarto Reports Healthy Increase in Book ProfitsLONDON/08/21/04London-based Quarto Group Plc has reported a 23-percent increase in profits for the first half of the year, and predicts strong growth to continue over the...
