MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition Meredith to Boost Title Output For 2005The Meredith Corporation, which publishes 170 special interest publications and 17 subscription magazines, will boost its title output in 2005, following a 27% increase in sales for...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 15-31, 2004 Edition Penguin Collaborates With Digital Manga On YA/Adult Comics NEW YORK, NY/08/03/04—Penguin has signed a three-year agreement with California-based digital comics publisher, Digital Manga, Inc. to publish a series of young...

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...

Publishing News General News August 15-31, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Former S&S Audio Head Opens Own Publishing Company NEW YORK, NY/08/03/04—Gilles Dana, former president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio, has formed the new publishing company Gildan Media. The...

Publishing News General News August 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Gannett to Acquire 23 Newspapers, Specialty Publications Green Bay, WI/07/24/04—Gannett Co., which publishes USA Today and The Indianapolis Star, has agreed to buy 23 newspapers and 11 specialty...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES August 1-15, 2004 Edition FSG to Distribute Drawn & Quarterly Literary ComicsNEW YORK, NY/07/23/04—Farrar Strauss & Giroux has agreed to handle U.S. distribution of graphic novels for Dawn & Quarterly in Montreal. The deal teams the esteemed...