MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 1-15, 2003 Edition BAM Boosts Quarterly Sales by 6.6 Percent 11/19/03—Books-A-Million has reported a 6.6 percent increase in third quarter sales ending November 1 to $103.1 million. Comparable store sales rose 4.4 percent, and the company...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition News Update Shareholders Charge B&N.com With Unfair Dealings NEW YORK, NY/11/19/03—Shareholders of Barnes & Noble.com and Barnes & Noble have filed about a dozen class action lawsuits against the companies, seeking to...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition News Update 2003 National Book Awards Presented NEW YORK, NY/11/19/03—Shirley Hazzard, four-time nominee for the National Book Award, finally took home the fiction prize November 19 for her novel, The Great Fire...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition NEW AAP AWARD CELEBRATES CREATIVITY IN INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING WASHINGTON, D.C./11/14/03—The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced a new award, to be given for the first time in February, to honor an...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Barnes & Noble.com Special Committee to Consider Buyout NEW YORK, NY/11/07/03—Barnes & Noble Inc. plans to buy all outstanding shares that it does not already own in Barnes & Noble.com. In what executives call a cost...

Publishing News Financials November 15-30, 2003 Edition In this section: The Liberty Corporation Regal Entertainment Group The Liberty Corp. Declares Quarterly Dividend GREENVILLE, S.C./11/4/03—The board of directors of The Liberty Corporation (NYSE: LC) today...

Publishing News General News November 15-30, 2003 Edition GENERAL NEWS JK Rowling Tops List of Best Paid British Authors LONDON/11/7/03—According to the London Times, JK Rowling is the highest paid author in history, based on the number of words produced. Rowling's...

Publishing News Book/Movie Deals November 15-30, 2003 Edition Book/Movie Deals Former President Carter Tries Hand At Fiction Writing ATLANTA, GA/11/15/03—Former President Jimmy Carter's first fiction novel, The Hornet's Nest, will arrive in bookstores this month....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Baker & Taylor Retail VP to Retire 11/11/03—Jim Ulsamer, age 53, executive vice president of the retail division for Baker & Taylor, has announced he will retire at the end of 2003, ending a 30-year career there. Baker...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Rowman & Littlefield Agrees to Buy Bankrupt UK Distributor LONDON/11/7/03—The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc. and its sister company National Book Network will acquire some of the assets of bankrupt UK...