MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Random House Reduces Tech And Sales Staff NEW YORK, NY/11/7/03Random House has confirmed layoffs of 24 technical people and five salespeople during recent months. The staff reductions came in both the main New York...
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Vivendi Q3 Sales Decline by One Third
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 15-30, 2003 Edition Vivendi Q3 Sales Decline by One Third PARIS/11/7/03French 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 11/5/03Intimate 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/11/7/03HarperCollins, 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/10/28/03San 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/10/21/03Natasha 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/10/23/03A new small press, Drench Kiss Media, has been launched by former Soft Skull publisher Sander...
EC Could Block Lagardere Vivendi Merger on Grounds of Distribution Monopoly
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com EC Could Block Lagardere Vivendi Merger on Grounds of Distribution Monopoly LONDON/10/27/03The European Commission Monday sent its "statement of objections" to publishers Lagardere and...
Ten Young Writers Receive $35,000 Whiting Writer’s Award $35,000 Whiting Writer’s Award
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition Ten Young Writers Receive $35,000 Whiting Writer's Award New York, NY/10/30-/03The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation has named ten recipients of the 2003 Whiting Writers' Awards. The awards, which are $35,000 each, totaling...
First-Time Novelist Wins Man Booker Fiction Prize
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition First-Time Novelist Wins Man Booker Fiction Prize LONDON/10/14/03Australian-born author DBC Pierre was named winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize for Fiction on October 14. He will earn £50,000 ($80,000) with a satirical...
