Publishing News Awards March 1-15, 2004 Edition AWARDS Paris Review Names First Winner of New Prize 2/23/04—Yiyun Li has earned The Paris Review's new Plimpton Prize for her story Immortality. The prize recognizes the best writing by a newcomer to appear in...
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PEARSON AND WHARTON SCHOOL LAUNCH WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition PEARSON AND WHARTON SCHOOL LAUNCH WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ/Philadelphia, PA/2/18/04 —Pearson Education, the world’s leading education company, and the Wharton School of the...
Quarto Poised to Buy Larger Publishers Following Increase in Pre-Tax Profits
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Quarto Poised to Buy Larger Publishers Following Increase in Pre-Tax Profits LONDON/2/23/04 —Quarto, a co-edition publisher and packager, plans to double its size within the next few years by acquiring larger...
Michalson, Ramey to Launch New Publishing House
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Michalson, Ramey to Launch New Publishing House DENVER, CO./2/17/04—Greg Michalson and Fred Ramey, who founded Denver-based MacMurray & Beck (which evolved into the now defunct BlueHen, an imprint of Penguin...
Barnes & Noble Posts Healthy 8 Percent Sales Increase For 2003
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Barnes & Noble Posts Healthy 8 Percent Sales Increase For 2003 NEW YORK, NY/2/19/04—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today reported sales for the fourth quarter and for...
Bertelsmann to Expand Publishing and TV Interests in India
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Bertelsmann to Expand Publishing and TV Interests in India LONDON/2/25/04 —Media conglomerate Bertelsmann plans an aggressive joint venture and expansion into India with the launch of a subsidiary and/or investment in...
Random House UK Merges Two Literary Imprints
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES March 1-15, 2004 Edition Random House UK Merges Two Literary Imprints LONDON/2/23/04—Random House UK will merge two of its literary imprints, The Harvill Press and Secker Warburg, into a new line called Harvill Secker. Geoff Mulligan,...
Publishers Unite to Tackle Copyright Priorities in International Trade
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 20004 Edition Publishers Unite to Tackle Copyright Priorities in International Trade WASHINGTON, D.C./2/13/04—The Association of American Publishers (AAP) joined with fellow members of the International Intellectual Property...
HarperCollins Reports Healthy Sales Growth
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 2004 Edition HarperCollins Reports Healthy Sales Growth NEW YORK, NY/2/11/04—HarperCollins, which began the first quarter of 2003 with sluggish sales, has seen a 4.6 percent increase in revenues over the last three fiscal...
People Feb 15-29, 2004
Publishing News People February 15-29, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Little, Brown Names Shander Editor-in-Chief of Adult Trade NEW YORK, NY/2/6/04—Geoff Shandler has been promoted to editor-in-chief of the adult trade division at Little, Brown. He succeeds Michael...
