MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition New WHSmith CEO Assures Hodder Not for Sale LONDON/04/07/04—Rumors that WHSmith Plc. would sell its publishing unit, Hodder Headline, have been laid to rest by Kate Swann, the new chief executive of parent WHSmith,...
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Bertlesmann Reaches Out of Court Settlement With Execs on AOL Shares
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition Bertlesmann Reaches Out of Court Settlement With Execs on AOL Shares LONDON/4/11/2004—Media conglomerate Bertelsmann has reached an out of court settlement with former executives Jan Henric Buettner and Andreas von...
Pulitzer Winners Named, Andrew Shadid Lands Deal With Henry Holt
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition Pulitzer Winners Named, Andrew Shadid Lands Deal With Henry Holt 04/05/04—The Pulitzer Prize board has announced the 2004 winners of the Pulitzer in 20 journalism and letters and drama categories. Anthony...
BEA Lines Up Impressive Speakers for June Conference
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition BEA Lines Up Impressive Speakers for June Conference CHICAGO, IL/04/09/04—The 2004 Book Expo of America, to be held June 3-6 in Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center, has announced an impressive lineup of...
Association of American Publishers Declares June as ?Latino Books Month?
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition Association of American Publishers Declares June as “Latino Books Month” New York, NY, April 12, 2004 —In its ongoing efforts to promote books by and for Latinos, AAP’s Publishing Latino Voices for...
April 15 – 30, 2004 Book Deals
Publishing News Book Deals April 15-30, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS More Small Book Stores Close Doors 4/9/04Several more established bookstores closed their doors by the end of the first quarter of 2004. Main Street Bookshop in White Plains, NY sold its building and was...
Borders Chair Plans Major Superstore Expansion by 2005
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition Borders Chain Plans Major Superstore Expansion by 2005 ANN ARBOR,MICH/04/01/04Borders Group, Inc. (BGP) plans to spend $110 million by January 2005 to open about 20 domestic superstores, five international stores, and to...
WSJ Signs Three-Year Deal With Crown
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition WSJ Signs Three-Year Deal With CrownNEW YORK, NY/04/02/04The Wall Street Journal has signed a three-year book publishing deal with Crown/Random House to publish a wide range of topics, both business and non-business. The...
Book Sense Compiles Best of the Best List
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition Book Sense Compiles Best of the Best List NEW YORK, NY/04/08/04Book Sense has compiled a list of the most popular books of the past five years from its Book Sense 76 lists, calling the list the "Best of the Best Books."...
Vatican Permits BYU to Publish Ancient Texts
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 15-30, 2004 Edition Vatican Permits BYU to Publish Ancient Texts PROVO, UTAH/04/03/04Brigham Young University will release 14,000 pages of scanned Syriac Christian writings on DVD in May 2004, with the blessings of the Vatican. The treasured...
