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May 15 – 31, 2004 Book Deals

Publishing News Book Deals May 15-31, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Book, Movie Offers Flood Offices of Pat Tillman's Agents SAN JOSE, CA/05/03/04—Book and movie proposals have been flooding the offices of sports agents Frank Bauer and Kenny Chapman, who represented 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/04/24/04—Axel Springer AG, which publishes Germany's best-selling newspaper Bild, has launched an aggressive expansion move withy the debut of a Russian...

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/04/20/04—The 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...

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/04/23/04—Permira 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...

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/04/16/04—Amy 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...

May 1 – 15, 2004

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/04/20/2004—U.S. troops returning from duty will be encouraged to write about their wartime...

May 1- 15, 2004

Publishing News People May 1 - 15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Pepper Leaves Crown for McClelland & Stewart NEW YORK, NY/04/22/2004—Doug Pepper will depart Crown/Random House to become president and publisher of McClelland & Stewart in Toronto, effective May 31. McClelland's...

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/04/12/04—Thomson Delmar Learning, a leading provider of educational resources for lifelong learning and part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC;...

Avalon Publishing Quietly Poised for Impressive Growth

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES May 1-15, 2004 Edition Avalon Publishing Quietly Poised for Impressive Growth BERKLEY, CA/04/26/04—Avalon Publishing Group’s acquisition of Four Walls Eight Windows earlier this week signaled another giant step in a series of moves to quietly grow...

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/04/27/04—Barnes & 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...