Publishing News Book Deals February 15-29, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS THE NINTH DAY OF LOUS DRAX TO BE DIRECTED BY MINGHELLA LOS ANGELES, CA/2/5/04—Anthony Minghella, director of COLD MOUNTAIN, will write and direct a screen adaptation of Liz Jensen's soon-to-be-released...

Publishing News General News February 15-29, 2004 Edition GENERAL NEWS Borders Books & Music to Open Store in Cincinnati ANN ARBOR, MI/2/11/04—Borders Books & Music will open a 21,000-square-foot store in Cincinnati in July. The store will be located in...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 2004 Edition Borders Experiences 2003 Sales Boost ANN ARBOR, MI/02/10/04—Borders Group, Inc. recorded an 8.9 percent sales increase to $827 million in the fourth quarter of 2003. For the entire 2003 year, the bookseller also...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 2004 Edition Time Warner Award to Honor the Late Sara Ann Freed NEW YORK, NY/2/10/04—The Mysterious Press, an imprint of Time Warner, has created the Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award for a first mystery novel, offering a $10,000...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 2004 Edition Romantic Times to Host NY Book Fair and Booklovers Convention NEW YORK, NY/2/11/04—The 21st Booklovers Convention sponsored by Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine, is expected to attract several thousand readers and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 2004 Edition Library of America Launches Isaac Bashevis Singer Centennial Website NEW YORK, NY 2/11/04—The Library of America, the nonprofit publisher dedicated to preserving the works of America's greatest writers, launched...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 2004 Edition Ex-BBC Head to Sign Million Dollar Deal With HarperCollins UK LONDON/02/06/04—Greg Dyke, the fired director general of the BBC, is expected to sign a £1m book deal with a major publisher (probably...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 2004 Edition Millbrook Files for Chapter 11 BROOKFIELD, CT/ 2/6/04—The Millbrook Press announced February 6 that it has filed for Chapter 11 after failing to find a buyer. The company published nonfiction hardcover and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 2004 Edition AAP President Responds To CALPIRG Report WASHINGTON, D.C./2/3/04—Pat Schroeder, president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, has sent a letter to the director of the State Public Interest Research...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 15-29, 2004 Edition Riverhead Books and UK's Penguin Press Acquire World Rights to Steven Johnson's Book NEW YORK, NY/2/10/04—Sean McDonald, Senior Editor at Riverhead Books, in conjunction with Stefan McGrath, Managing Director of Penguin...