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...
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...
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...
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition Hodder Delays Move Into US Publishing LONDON/10/23/03UK publisher Hodder Headline has delayed the launch of its US imprint with Simon & Schuster. The UK magazine, The company reportedly will wait until WH Smith,...
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition Princess Di Photo Book to Mark Seventh anniversary of Her Death LONDON/10/20/03HarperCollinsUK has offered a high six-figure deal for an authorized book of Princess Diana's photographs. The coffee table book, called,...
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition ECW Press Closes Montreal Office, Copublisher Departs TORONTO, CA/10/20/03—ECW Press will close its Montreal office on November 30. At the same time, copublisher Robert Lecker will leave the company. ECW will...
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition London Publisher Quarto to Take Offers for Acquisition Soon LONDON/10/22/03—Following a takeover bid by JO Hambro Capital Management that began this past summer, international publisher Quarto Group will receive...
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition Barnes & Noble.com Reports Third Quarter 2003 Results; Losses Improve NEW YORK/10/28/03—Barnes & Noble.com (Nasdaq:BNBN) ( www.bn.com) announced today that the company's net sales for third quarter 2003...
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES November 1-15, 2003 Edition AAP Reports Book Strong Sales in September Washington, DC/11/03/03—The month of September was very good for book sales, with almost every category tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), showing...
MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2003 Edition Children's Books Up 53.7 Percent Year-to-Date August Sales for Adult Trade Books Fall While Children's Book Sales Increase WASHINGTON, DC/10/04/03The Association of American Publishers has reported that children's books...
