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,...
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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;...
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Publishing News People May 1 - 15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Pepper Leaves Crown for McClelland & Stewart NEW YORK, NY/04/22/2004Doug Pepper will depart Crown/Random House to become president and publisher of McClelland & Stewart in Toronto, effective May 31. McClelland's...
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Publishing News General News May 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS National Endowment for the Arts Helps U.S. Troops Write About Their Wartime Experiences ARLINGTON, VA/04/20/2004U.S. troops returning from duty will be encouraged to write about their wartime...
Hertz to Start Health Imprint at Broadway
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2004 Edition Hertz to Start Health Imprint at Broadway NEW YORK, NY/04/16/04Amy Hertz, formerly executive editor at Riverhead/Penguin, has been hired by Broadway Books/Random House to launch a new, as-yet-unnamed imprint focusing upon a...
Permira Looks at Buyout Bid for W.H. Smith
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2004 Edition Permira Looks at Buyout Bid for W.H. Smith LONDON/04/23/04Permira Advisers Ltd. is considering a buy-out of W.H. Smith Plc, the U.K.'s biggest magazine and book retailer, despite Smith's heavy loss of 84 million pounds ($149...
UK Minister Lands ?3.5m Deal for Book Similar to Potter
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2004 Edition UK Minister Lands £3.5m Deal for Book Similar to Potter LONDON/04/20/04The Rev. Graham Taylor, a minister who self-published his first book for £3,500, has signed a £3.5m four-year publishing deal with Faber & Faber in the...
German Publisher Springer to Expand at Home, Abroad
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2004 Edition German Publisher Springer to Expand at Home, Abroad BERLIN, GERMANY/04/24/04Axel Springer AG, which publishes Germany's best-selling newspaper Bild, has launched an aggressive expansion move withy the debut of a Russian...
