MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Publishers Warming to E-Mail Queries WSJ Article Says NEW YORK, NY/6/21/04A wire story in the Wall Street Journal points out that the Internet has provided a new gate of entry for the reams of queries and pitches that...
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Franfurt Book Fair to Emphasize Film/TV Producers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Frankfurt Book Fair to Emphasize Film/TV ProducersFRANKFURT/06/22/04The 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair will cater for the first time to a group of international film producers. The world's largest book fair, to be held October...
Paris Court Rejects Lance Armstrong’s Defamation Case
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Paris Court Rejects Lance Armstrong's Defamation Case PARIS/06/21/04A Paris court has Monday rejected Lance Armstrong's request that a book suggesting he had taken performance-enhancing drugs include a denial by the...
Paris Police Detain Ex-Vivendi CEO for Questioning
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Paris Police Detain Ex-Vivendi CEO for Questioning PARIS/06/21/04Police on Monday detained Jean-Marie Messier, former CEO of the French media conglomerate, Vivendi Universal, for questioning about possible stock...
CanWest Cuts Cost By Refinancing Bank Debts
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition CanWest Cuts Costs By Refinancing Bank Debts TORONTO/06/17/04Canwest Global Communications Corp's media unit has refinanced approximately C$911 million ($665 million) in senior bank debt in order to cut interest payments....
BISG Task Force Formed to Transition From UPC to EAN Barcodes
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition BISG Task Force Formed to Transition From UPC to EAN Barcodes NEW YORK, NY/6/24/04The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has formed a task force to further explore and facilitate the transition to EAN barcodes on all books in...
July 1-15, 2004 People
Publishing News People July 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Former Warner Editor Horgan Joins Crown Rick Horgan, formerly vice president and executive editor at Warner Books, has joined Crown/Random House, where he will acquire major nonfiction books in the areas of...
June 15-30, 2004
Publishing News General News June 15-30, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS AAP Calls for Curtis Benjamin Award Nominations Washington, DC/06/07/04The Association of American Publishers is now accepting nominations for the prestigious Curtis Benjamin Award. AAP presents the...
Crichton to Head New Nonfiction Line at FSG
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Crichton to Head New Nonfiction Line at FSG NEW YORK, NY/06/11/2004Farrar, Straus & Giroux will launch a new imprint in late 2005 named after its new editor Sarah Crichton. Sarah Crichton Books will focus on serious...
Consumer Book Sales Up Six Percent in 2003
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Consumer Book Sales Up Six Percent In 2003Chicago, IL/06/04/04Driven by astonishing gains in Religious texts, Childrens and Young Adult Hardcover, Audio books, and E-books, overall sales in the Consumer publishing sector...
