MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Two Stalwart Literary Agencies Up for Sale? NEW YORK, NY/06/06/04—IMG 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,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition ABA Membership Continues Decline Latest Report Shows NEW YORK, NY/06/07/04—The American Booksellers Association's bookstore memberships continue to decline. According to the latest ABA report, bookstore memberships fell to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Juno Internet Pair Team With Dorchester for New Pulp ImprintNEW YORK, NY/06/01/04—According to the New York Daily News, Internet pros Charles Ardai and Max Phillips have teamed up to launch a new publishing imprint called...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition The Leading eBook Retailer Has A New Name: eReader.com DURHAM, NC/06/01/04—PowerByHand, the premier provider of mobile content delivery solutions, today announced that it has re-launched its popular Palm Digital Media...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble Finalizes Acquisition of B&N.com NEW YORK, NY/06/03/04—Barnes & Noble.com shareholders called a special meeting June 3 to ratify the sale of the e-tailer to Barnes & Noble—the last step in a long acquisition...

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/05/27/04—R.R. Bowker, the leading provider of bibliographic information in North America, today released statistics on...

Publishing News People June 15-30, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Berger Named Scholastic VP NEW YORK, NY/06/07/04—Ellie Berger, Scholastic’s publisher of licensed products and deputy publisher, now has the added role of senior vice president, assuming a post previously held by...

Publishing News People June 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE S&S Associate Publisher Heads to Taunton Press NEW YORK, NY/05/23/04—Melissa Possick, associate publisher of Simon & Schuster, is departing in June to join the marketing group at Taunton Press. Aileen Boyle, S&S...

Publishing News Financials June 1-15, 2004 Edition FINANCIALS Harte-Hanks Board Declares Quarterly Dividend SAN ANTONIO/05/18/04—The board of directors of Harte-Hanks Inc. (NYSE:HHS) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 4.0 cents per share payable June 15,...

Publishing News Book Deals June 1-15, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Riverhead Books Acquires Steven Johnson's THE GHOST MAP 05/24/04—World rights to Steven Johnson's THE GHOST MAP, a thrilling historical account of the cholera outbreak in London of 1854 and a broad-minded...