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...
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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...
Two Stalwart Literary Agencies Up for Sale?
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Two Stalwart Literary Agencies Up for Sale? NEW YORK, NY/06/06/04IMG Literary, with offices in London and New York, has hired Rothschild North America to advise on various strategic options, including a sale of the agency,...
ABA Membership Continues Decline Latest Report Shows
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition ABA Membership Continues Decline Latest Report Shows NEW YORK, NY/06/07/04The American Booksellers Association's bookstore memberships continue to decline. According to the latest ABA report, bookstore memberships fell to...
Juno Internet Pair Team With Dorchester for New Pulp Imprint
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Juno Internet Pair Team With Dorchester for New Pulp ImprintNEW YORK, NY/06/01/04According to the New York Daily News, Internet pros Charles Ardai and Max Phillips have teamed up to launch a new publishing imprint called...
The Leading eBook Retailer Has A New Name: eReader.com
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition The Leading eBook Retailer Has A New Name: eReader.com DURHAM, NC/06/01/04PowerByHand, the premier provider of mobile content delivery solutions, today announced that it has re-launched its popular Palm Digital Media...
Barnes & Noble Finalizes Acquisition of B&N.com
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble Finalizes Acquisition of B&N.com NEW YORK, NY/06/03/04Barnes & Noble.com shareholders called a special meeting June 3 to ratify the sale of the e-tailer to Barnes & Noblethe last step in a long acquisition...
U.S. Book Production Soars to 175,000 New Titles,Trade Up, University Presses Down
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition U.S. Book Production Soars to 175,000 New Titles,Trade Up, University Presses Down New Providence, NJ/05/27/04R.R. Bowker, the leading provider of bibliographic information in North America, today released statistics on...
