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...
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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...
Insiders Say Weinstein May Leave Disney, Taking Miramax Books With Him
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...
The NY Times Declines Participation in Moore’s Controversial ‘Fahrenheit’ Book
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 15-30, 2004 Edition The NY Times Declines Participation in Moore's Controversial 'Fahrenheit' Book NEW YORK, NY/09/10/04The forthcoming book by controversial filmmaker Michael Moore, The Official 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Reader, will not...
Bertelsmann Significantly Improves Results In First Six Months Of FY ?04
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 15-30, 2004 Edition Bertelsmann Significantly Improves Results In First Six Months Of FY 04Gütersloh/09/08/04Bertelsmann significantly improved its year-on-year financial results for the first half of 2004. Operating EBIT increased to ...
Year-to-Date Publishing Sales on Track Despite No Gains for July
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 15-30, 2004 Edition Year-to-Date Publishing Sales on Track Despite No Gains for JulyNew York, NY/09/10/04Publishing sales were up for the year in all but three categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and...
Publisher Encourage Media To Recognize Reading on Literacy Day
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 15-30, 2004 Edition Publisher Encourage Media To Recognize Reading on Literacy DayWashington, DC/09/01/04 In recognition of International Literacy Day, on September 8, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is calling on media to...
September 15-30, 2004
Publishing News General News September 15-30, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Perpetual Entertainment to Publish Star Trek(R) Multiplayer Online Game SAN FRANCISCO, CA/09/07/04Perpetual Entertainment, Inc. has secured the exclusive worldwide rights from Viacom Consumer...
Jake Morrissey Named Executive Editor of Riverhead Books
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2004 Edition Jake Morrissey Named Executive Editor of Riverhead BooksNew York, NY/08/19/04Julie Grau and Celina Spiegel, Vice Presidents and Publishers, Riverhead Books, today announced that Jake Morrissey has been appointed the...
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...
