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Baker & Taylor Retail VPto Retire

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...

Rowman & LittlefieldAgrees to Buy Bankrupt UK Distributor

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...

S&S Names England CFO,Replacing Judd

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition S&S Names England CFO, Replacing Judd NEW YORK, NY/11/7/03—David England has been named CFO of Simon & Schuster to replace SAM Judd who is leaving the company. England joins S&S from UPN. Both S&S and UPN are owned by...

Random House Reduces Tech And Sales Staff

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Random House Reduces Tech And Sales Staff NEW YORK, NY/11/7/03—Random House has confirmed layoffs of 24 technical people and five salespeople during recent months. The staff reductions came in both the main New York...

Vivendi Q3 Sales Decline by One Third

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Vivendi Q3 Sales Decline by One Third PARIS/11/7/03—French media and telecom company Vivendi Universal, which is in the process of selling its Vivendi Entertainment division, reported a sales drop of nearly two-thirds...

Intimate Bookshop to Appeal Price Discrimination Suit

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Intimate Bookshop to Appeal Price Discrimination Suit 11/5/03—Intimate Bookshop will appeal its lawsuit against Barnes & Noble and Borders Group for price discrimination after Judge William Pauley handed down a summary...

HarperCollins Reports Flat Sales for First Quarter

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition HarperCollins Reports Flat Sales for First Quarter NEW YORK, NY/11/7/03—HarperCollins, owned by News Corp, reported relatively flat sales for the quarter against a robust performance for the previous two years. The...

Financials, November 1-15, 2003

Authorlink Publishing News Section Three November 1-15, 2003 Edition Home: http://www.authorlink.com In this section: Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Sales Projections for 2004 Higher Than Expected NEW YORK, NY/10/28/03—San Jose-based Adobe Systems Inc. predicts sales...

Book/Movie Deals Nov 1-15, 2003

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1 - 15, 2003 Edition Book/Movie Deals Senior Citizen Gets First Novel Deal After Self Publishing LONDON/10/21/03—Natasha Fairweather of A P Watt, a Cornish woman in her seventies, will have her first novel, The Reckoning, published this...

General News November 1-15, 2003

Authorlink Publishing News Section II: More News November 1-15, 2003 Edition  GENERAL NEWS Hicks' New Drench Kiss Press Focuses on Leftists NEW YORK, NY/10/23/03—A new small press, Drench Kiss Media, has been launched by former Soft Skull publisher Sander...