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...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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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...
Conan Doyle Collection Sells for $1.7 Million
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2004 Edition Conan Doyle Collection Sells for $1.7 millionLONDON/05/23/04A collection of letters, papers, and manuscripts by Arthur Conan Coyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, has been sold to a private collector for $1.7 million,...
Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award to offer winner $10,000 publishing Advance
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES June 1-15, 2004 Edition Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award to offer winner $10,000 publishing Advance NEW YORK, NY/05/24/04Mysterious Press/Warner Books has announced the first Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award for a first mystery novel. Mysterious Press...
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...
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...
