MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2004 Edition BAM Sales Up Slightly, Profits Rise SignificantlyNEW YORK, NY/08/19/04—Books-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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble Reports Slight Sales Increase For Second Quarter New York, NY/08/19/04—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) has reported a 5 % increase in sales for the second quarter ended July 31, 2004, over the previous...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES September 1-15, 2004 Edition AAP Seeks Meeting With Senate Committee to Alter Public Access Bill NEW YORK, NY/08/24/04—The Association of American Publishers has requested a meeting with members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Labor...

Publishing News General News September 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS AAP Announces Release of New Compensation Report New York, NY /08/16/04—The Association of American Publishers has announced the release of its 2004 Survey Report on Compensation and Book...

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/08/19/04—A debut novel by Will Clarke, titled Lord...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition Study Shows Minneapolis Among Most Literate CitiesWhitewater, WI/08/03/04—A new study on America's most literate cities, conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, concludes that Minneapolis ranks highest for...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition Book Rebinder's Practice May Be Illegal Claims PMA, Small PublishersNEW YORK, NY/08/09/04—Minnesota-based Sagebrush Corporation, which specializes in rebinding original paperback books for libraries, has begun putting its...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition Lagardère Média Poised to Enter U.S. Market?LONDON/08/06/204—Lagardère Média, which has just purchased UK publisher Hodder Headline for £223m from WH Smith, Plc., may be gearing up to enter the U.S. market. The huge sale...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition McGraw-Hill Reduces Three Division to Two NEW YORK, NY/08/10/04—McGraw-Hill Companies has whittled three professional book group divisions own to two to become more customer focused in a slumping market. The old structure...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition Breaking News Harlequin Editorial, Management Staff Gets Major Redesign NEW YORK, NY/08/16/2004—Harlequin, in a move to further strengthen its focus on series and single title book publishing, has shuffled key publishing...