Publishing News Film/TV March 1-15, 2004 Edition FILM/TV Moyers to Depart TV Post to Pen Book on LAB Bill Moyers has announced he will retire from television broadcasting before the end of the year to write a biography of his former boss, the late President Lyndon...
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Publishing News, People
Publishing News People March 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE HarperCollins Streamlines Sales Unit With Marwell at Helm Josh Marwell, formerly senior vice president of sales for HarperCollins adult imprints, will now head the newly-unified sales division of HarperCollins,...
General News, March 1-15, 2004 Edition
Publishing News General News March 1-15, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Tyndale Reports Heavy Sales for The Passion Carol Stream, IL/2/25/04—Tyndale House Publishers, the Christian publisher, reports that it has sold 150,000 copies of their color movie tie-in book...
Book Deals for Late February
Publishing News Book Deals March 1-15, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Book Deals for Late February These deals and more are reported for mid to late February, 2004. Look for more deals in our next Authorlink edition, courtesy of PublishersLunch.com. Deals are rated as...
Paris Review Names First Winner of New Prize
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...
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...
