Publishing News People June 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE S&S Associate Publisher Heads to Taunton Press NEW YORK, NY/05/23/04Melissa Possick, associate publisher of Simon & Schuster, is departing in June to join the marketing group at Taunton Press. Aileen Boyle, S&S...
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June 1-15, 2004 Financials
Publishing News Financials June 1-15, 2004 Edition FINANCIALS Harte-Hanks Board Declares Quarterly Dividend SAN ANTONIO/05/18/04The board of directors of Harte-Hanks Inc. (NYSE:HHS) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 4.0 cents per share payable June 15,...
June 1-15, 2004 Book Deals
Publishing News Book Deals June 1-15, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Riverhead Books Acquires Steven Johnson's THE GHOST MAP 05/24/04World rights to Steven Johnson's THE GHOST MAP, a thrilling historical account of the cholera outbreak in London of 1854 and a broad-minded...
June 1-15, 2004 General News
Publishing News General News June 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Today's Woman To Launch Seniors' Magazine Louisville, KY/05/24/04Zion Publications LLC, publisher of Today's Woman magazine, will a new publication aimed at senior citizens and caregivers. The...
Amazon Strongarms Small Publishers for Ad Dollars
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2004 Edition Amazon Strongarms Small Publishers for Ad DollarsNEW YORK, NY/05/26/04According to an article in Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com is pushing small publishers to contribute co-op advertising dollars in a manner that is being...
Borders First Quarter Shows 10.4 Percent Sales Increase
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1 - 15, 2004 Edition Borders First Quarter Shows 10.4 Percent Sales Increase NEW YORK, NY/05/24/2004Book sales continue to comprise Borders Group's strongest revenue stream for the first quarter of the year, with a 10.4 percent increase in...
June 1-15, 2004
Publishing News General News June 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Today's Woman To Launch Seniors' Magazine Louisville, KY/05/24/04Zion Publications LLC, publisher of Today's Woman magazine, will a new publication aimed at senior citizens and caregivers. The...
June 1-15, 2004 Awards
Publishing News Awards June 1-15, 2004 Edition AWARDS Maryland Student Awarded Kerr Prize for Poetry, Essays BALTIMORE, MD/05/17/04Angela Haley, a 21-year-old student at a small college in Chestertown, Maryland, has earned $56,169 for her poetry and essays. The...
Random House Names Daniel Menaker Executive Editor-in-Chief
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2004 Edition Random House Names Daniel Menaker Executive Editor-in-Chief NEW YORK, NY/05/25/04Daniel Menaker, Senior Vice President of the Random House Publishing Group, has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive...
Hastings Posts 8.6 Percent Gain in Revenues
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2004 Edition Hastings Posts 8.6 Percent Gain in RevenuesNEW YORK, NY/05/25/04Hastings Entertainment, Amarillo, TX-based retailer, has reported a substantial increase in revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2005. The company's...
