Publishing News Book Deals February 1-15, 2004 Edition BOOK DEALS Author Cussler Charges Producer With Altering Approved Screenplay LOS ANGELES, CA/1/17/04—Author Clive Cussler has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Crusader Entertainment,...
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Awards Feb 1 – 15, 2004
Publishing News Awards February 1-15, 2004 Edition AWARDS Book Critics Announce 2004 Shortlist NEW YORK, NY/1/21/04—The National Book Critics Circle has announced its shortlist for the 2004 NBCC awards, which will be presented on March 4. The fiction shortlist...
People Feb 1 – 15, 2004
Publishing News People February 1-15, 2004 Edition PEOPLE Penguin Names Newman to New Publishing Post NEW YORK, NY/1/16/04—Megan Newman, formerly editorial director for HarperResource, has joined The Penguin Group in the newly-created role of publisher for the...
Tony Lyons Leaves Lyons Press to Consider Own Publishing House
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2004 Edition Tony Lyons Leaves Lyons Press to Consider Own Publishing House NEW YORK, NY/1/16/04—Tony Lyons, publisher of Lyons Press, is leaving the company his father Neal Lyons founded three years after selling to Globe...
AMS Consolidates Distribution Operations in Face of Investigations
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2004 Edition AMS Consolidates Distribution Operations in Face of Investigations SAN DIEGO, CA/1/14/2004—In the midst of ongoing investigations by the SEC and U.S. Attorney, Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. (NYSE:MKT - News)...
November Bookstore Sales Down 2.9 percent
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES February 1-15, 2004 Edition November Bookstore Sales Down 2.9 percent WASHINGTON, D.C./1/14/04—The U.S. Census Bureau's preliminary bookstore sales report shows sales declined to $1.04 billion in November, a drop of 2.9 percent. Overall,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
