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...

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...

Publishing News General News June 15-30, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS AAP Calls for Curtis Benjamin Award Nominations Washington, DC/06/07/04—The Association of American Publishers is now accepting nominations for the prestigious Curtis Benjamin Award. AAP presents the...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Crichton to Head New Nonfiction Line at FSG NEW YORK, NY/06/11/2004—Farrar, Straus & Giroux will launch a new imprint in late 2005 named after its new editor Sarah Crichton. Sarah Crichton Books will focus on serious...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 15-30, 2004 Edition Consumer Book Sales Up Six Percent In 2003Chicago, IL/06/04/04—Driven by astonishing gains in Religious texts, Children’s and Young Adult Hardcover, Audio books, and E-books, overall sales in the Consumer publishing sector...

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...