MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2004 Edition HarperCollins Sales Jump 30 Percent In First QuarterNEW YORK, NY/05/06/04HarperCollins reported an incredible 30 percent increase in sales for the first quarter ending March 31. The company posted $321 million in sales, and...
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Bertelsmann Posts Increased Earnings For First Quarter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2004 Edition Bertelsmann Posts Increased Earnings For First Quarter FRANKFURT/05/05/04Bertelsmann, the fourth largest media company in the world, posted earnings of 111 million euros ($134 million) for the first quarter of 2004,...
Alibris Plans Public Offering to Expand Products
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2004 Edition Alibris Plans Public Offering to Expand Products05/06/04Alibris, the online retailer that specializes in used books, will launch a public offering later this year to raise an estimated $30 million for company operations....
Librarians, Authors, Publishers to Discuss U.S. Library Challenges
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2004 Edition Librarians, Authors, Publishers to Discuss U.S. Library Challenges CHICAGO/05/10/04More than 20,000 librarians, educators, writers, publishers and special guests are expected to attend the American Library Association (ALA)...
Indies Market Share Increases to 16 Percent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2004 Edition Indies Market Share Increases to 16 Percent NEW YORK, NY/05/7/04Independent bookstores increased their share of the market to 16 percent in 2003a five year high, according to a report by Ipsos BookTrends. Ipsos BookTrends...
BowTie Inc. Acquires Kennel Club Books, Continues Expansion
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 15-31, 2004 Edition BowTie Inc. Acquires Kennel Club Books, Continues Expansion LOS ANGELES AND ALLENHURST NJ/05/10/04BowTie Inc.whose magazine division Fancy Publications is America's largest publisher of pet magazineshas acquired Kennel...
May 15 – 31, 2004 People
Publishing News People May 15-31, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Mystery Writers Honor Erik Larson's Work With 2004 Edgar SEATTLE, WA/5/6/04Erik Larson of Seattle won the 2004 Edgar Award last week from the Mystery Writers of America. The Devil in the White City : Murder,...
Barnes & Noble.com Reports 13.4 Percent Increase in Q1 2004
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble.com Reports 13.4 Percent Increase in Q1 2004 NEW YORK/04/27/04Barnes & Noble.com (Nasdaq:BNBN) ( www.bn.com) has announced that its comparable sales for first quarter 2004 were $120.2 million, a 13.4 percent...
Avalon Publishing Quietly Poised for Impressive Growth
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2004 Edition Avalon Publishing Quietly Poised for Impressive Growth BERKLEY, CA/04/26/04Avalon Publishing Groups acquisition of Four Walls Eight Windows earlier this week signaled another giant step in a series of moves to quietly grow...
Thomson Delmar Learning Acquires Selected Titles from Career Press
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2004 Edition Thomson Delmar Learning Acquires Selected Titles from Career Press ALBANY/04/12/04Thomson Delmar Learning, a leading provider of educational resources for lifelong learning and part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC;...
