MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Northeastern University Press to Cease Operation 3/19/04Northeastern University will shut down its university press publishing program by the end of this year when it releases the last of its fall 2004 titles. A staff of...
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WSJ Looks for New Publisher After S&S; Fails to Renew
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition WSJ Looks for New Publisher After S&S; Fails to Renew 3/9/04The Wall Street Journal, a Dow Jones company, may soon move its imprint to another publisher, after having already let its three-year contract with Simon &...
BAM Sees 3 Percent Sales Gain, Plans Stock Repurchase
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition BAM Sees 3 Percent Sales Gain, Plans Stock Repurchase 3/20/04Books-A-Million reported a 5 per cent sales increase in fiscal 2004 sales to $460.2 million, and net income rose significantly from $1.4 million in 2002 to $7.2...
B&N to Merge Warehouses, Boosts Sales, Expands Publishing Unit via Direct Author Solicitation
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition B&N to Merge Warehouses, Boosts Sales, Expands Publishing Unit via Direct Author Solicitation NEW YORK, NY/03/18/04Barnes & Noble has told analysts it will merge five New Jersey warehouses into a single facility at a cost...
Harry Potter Publisher Bloomsbury Sees Profits Soar 38 Percent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Harry Potter Publisher Bloomsbury Sees Profits Soar 38 Percent LONDON/03/25/04UK-based Bloomsbury Publishing, plc, publisher of the Harry Potter series, reported a pre-tax profit of £15.4m ($28.4m) for the year ending...
April 1 – 15, 2004 People
Publishing News People April 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Penguin Canada Names New Delhi's Davidar as Publisher 03/27/2004In a surprise move this week, Penguin Books Canada named New Delhi native David Davidar as publisher of the Canadian operation. Davidar, 44, had...
Bertelsmann Says Random House Revenue Decline Due to Dollar’s Value
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Bertelsmann Says Random House Revenue Decline Due to Dollar's Value LONDON/03/30/04Bertelsmann, the parent company of Random House today reported a decline in revenues to 1.78 billion euros in 2003, from 2.0 billion euros...
Publishing Sales Pick up in February
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Publishing Sales Pick up in February NEW YORK, NY/3/30/04February publishing sales compensated for January losses, righting the course for 2004. Numbers improved in all but three categories tracked by the Association of...
Millbrook Press to Sell Roaring Brook Press to Holtzbrinck Publishers
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES April 1-15, 2004 Edition Millbrook Press to Sell Roaring Brook Press to Holtzbrinck Publishers BROOKFIELD, CT/04/02/04—The Millbrook Press, Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its Roaring Brook Press imprint. The proposed purchaser is...
April 1 – 15, 2004
Publishing News General News April 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Book Industry Reaffirms Policy Calling for Single Bar Code for All Books NEW YORK, NY/03/22/04The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) recently reaffirmed the Product Identification Policy Statement...
