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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Authorlink Successes SUCCESSES An Updated Report on Selected Authorlink Successes This is a partial list of authors who have recently sold work as a result of having been listed with Authorlink (http://www.authorlink.com). See more like these in our full news...

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...

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 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 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...