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Penguin to Launch

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2003 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com Prospective authors must earn the endorsement of all 12 historians Penguin to Launch New History Imprint NEW YORK, NY/10/09/03—Penguin Putnam's, Penguin Press, headed by Ann Godoff,...

Octopus Acquires

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2003 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com Godsfield plans 20 to 30 new titles for release in 2004 Octopus Acquires Mind, Body, Spirit Publisher, Godsfield Press LONDON/10/08/03—UK-based Octopus Publishing Group has acquired...

Frankfurt Book Fair

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2003 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com Exhibitors increase 4 percent. Frankfurt Book Fair Closes on an Upbeat Note FRANKFURT, GERMANY/10/13/03--The Frankfurt Book Fair, world's largest publishing event, closes today on an...

Harlequin’s Steeple Hill

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com The line forbids sex and violence. Harlequin's Steeple Hill Launches New Christian Line NEW YORK, NY/10/13/03—Harlequin's Steeple Hill imprint is developing a new program dedicated to...

WHSmith Reports

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2003 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com Publishing unit sales up slightly. WHSmith Reports Strong Rebound in Book Sales LONDON/03/10/16--WHSmith's High Street book stores reported a strong rebound in the second half of the year...

Nielsen BookData

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2003 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com The new database is designed to become a central source of information and pricing . . . Nielsen BookData, Whitaker Work Hard at Merging Bookselling Databses LONDON/10/09/03—Nielsen...

HarperCollinsUK

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 15-31, 2003 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com Allen says he won't write the memoir unless a publisher offers what he thinks it's worth . HarperCollinsUK, Random House Bid $1 Million-Plus for Woody Allen Autobiography NEW YORK,...

General News October 1-15, 2003

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2003 Edition GENERAL NEWS Barnes & Noble University, Court TV Offer Forensics Course NEW YORK/9/24/03—In response to the ever-increasing interest in the science of forensics, Barnes & Noble.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNBN) (...

Study Group

Study Group Approves 13-Digit ISBN Barcode as Single Identifier NEW YORK, NY/9/18/03—The Book Industry Study Group has approved a new policy that will require a 13-digit Bookland EAN bar code as the sole bar code to be printed or stickered on books and book-related...

Thomas Nelson

TOP NEWS HEADLINES October 1-15, 2003 Edition HOME: http://www.authorlink.com Thomas Nelson Reports Acquisition of World Bible Publishers Assets NASHVILLE, TN/9/23/03—Thomas Nelson, Inc. (NYSE: TNM) today announced that it purchased certain assets of the World...