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...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 200 Edition Penguin Young Readers Group Names New Publisher of Puffin Books NEW YORK, NY/2/2/04—Doug Whiteman, President of Penguin Young Readers Group, today announced that Eileen Bishop Kreit has been named Vice President and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 20004 Edition AAP Reports Publishers Recovering From Earlier Year Sales Losses NEW YORK, NY/2/2/04—Publishers have rung in the New Year with fewer losses and more gains in domestic, as well as elementary and high school...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2004 Edition Penguin USA Poised to Fill a Growing New Market for Non-Fiction NEW YORK, NY/2/1/04—The Penguin Group, second largest English-language publisher in the world, seems to be in the midst of reinventing its US...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2004 Edition Random House Forms Single Sales Force For Adult Imprints NEW YORK, NY/1/27/04—Random House has merged its adult sales groups into a single force which combines into one selling entity the imprints for Random House,...