MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 15-31, 2004 Edition PW Study Shows High Job Turnover, Smaller RaisesNEW YORK,NY/07/08/04—An annual industry salary survey conducted by Publishers Weekly shows a slight decline in pay raises and job satisfaction from among a high number of...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 15-31, 2004 Edition Author House/1st Books May Be Subject to Class Action Suit GARY, INDIANA/07/09/04—The law firm of Robert L. Lewis in Gary, Indiana (219- 944-2755) is reportedly soliciting participants for a class action law suit against...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 15-31, 2004 Edition Publishers Share NEA Concern About Reading CrisisWashington, DC/07/09/04—A new report issued by the National Endowment for the Arts showing a startling decline in book readership is a matter of deep concern for publishers...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 15-31, 2004 Edition Literary Reading in Dramatic Decline, Says NEA ReportNEW YORK, NY/07/08/04—Literary reading is in dramatic decline with fewer than half of American adults now reading literature, according to a National Endowment for the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 15-31, 2004 Edition Breaking News Harlequin Nixes Three Lines in U.S., Beefs Up Others NEW YORK, NY/07/14/2004—In a sweeping move to “change with the times” and respond to their readers, Harlequin will discontinue the distribution of three...

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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition BISG Task Force Formed to Transition From UPC to EAN Barcodes NEW YORK, NY/6/24/04—The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has formed a task force to further explore and facilitate the transition to EAN barcodes on all books in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition CanWest Cuts Costs By Refinancing Bank Debts TORONTO/06/17/04—Canwest Global Communications Corp's media unit has refinanced approximately C$911 million ($665 million) in senior bank debt in order to cut interest payments....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Paris Police Detain Ex-Vivendi CEO for Questioning PARIS/06/21/04—Police on Monday detained Jean-Marie Messier, former CEO of the French media conglomerate, Vivendi Universal, for questioning about possible stock...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES July 1-15, 2004 Edition Paris Court Rejects Lance Armstrong's Defamation Case PARIS/06/21/04—A Paris court has Monday rejected Lance Armstrong's request that a book suggesting he had taken performance-enhancing drugs include a denial by the...