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...
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Ex-BBC Head to Sign Million Dollar Deal With HarperCollins UK
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...
Millbrook Files for Chapter 11
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...
AAP President Responds To CALPIRG Report
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...
Riverhead Books Acquires World Rights to Steven Johnson’s Book
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...
Penguin Young Readers Group Names New Publisher of Puffin Books
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...
AAP Reports Publishers Recovering From Earlier Year Sales Losses
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...
Penguin USA Poised to Fill a Growing New Market for Non-Fiction
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...
Random House Forms Single Sales Force For Adult Imprints
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,...
McGraw-Hill Sells Children’s Division to School Specialty
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2004 Edition McGraw-Hill Sells Children's Division to School Specialty NEW YORK, NY/1/21/04—McGraw-Hill has agreed to sell its children's publishing division to School Specialty, Inc. in Wisconsin. The M-H division, with sales...
