Book Publishing News: 89

This is page 89 of the book publishing news archives.

Warner Bros. Awards Harry Potter Toy License to Mattel (2000-02-11): Warner Bros.

Scholastic and Lucasfilm to Create Children's Book Series (2000-02-09): Scholastic and >Lucasfilm, the creators of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, have comibined forces to publish The Seventh Tower, a new children's fantasy series under a newly-created LucasBooks imprint.

NetLibrary to Acquire Peanut Press (2000-02-09): NetLibrary has signed an agreement to acquire Peanut Press, a distributor of literature for reading on handheld computing devices.

PEN/Amazon.com Short Story Award Introduced (2000-02-09): Amazon.

Agatha Christie Website Launches (2000-02-04): AgathaChristie.

Barnesandnoble.com Launches Internet Radio (2000-02-02): Barnesandnoble.

Bartleby.com to Publish Cambridge History on the Web (2000-01-31): Bartleby.

The New York Times and Random House, Inc. Sign New Book Publishing Agreement (2000-01-28): The New York Times and Random House, Inc.

Arthur C. Clarke Publishes on Fatbrain.com (2000-01-24): Fatbrain.

Seventeen Magazine Makes Book Publishing Deal (2000-01-21): Seventeen Magazine is joining forces with HarperCollins Publishers and Parachute Publishing to produce a line of fiction and nonfiction books.

Gemstar Acquires EBook Device Companies (2000-01-19): International Group Ltd.

Parachute Publishing and HarperCollins Announce Publishing Deal With R.L. Stine (2000-01-19): Parachute Publishing and HarperCollins Children's Books are joining to publish two new series by best-selling author and horror master, R.

HarperCollins Publishers Announces EOS Con III (2000-01-19): HarperCollins's science fiction and fantasy imprint, Eos, has announced the return of EOS Con, an online science fiction convention initiated in 1998 as part of its launch publishing season.

American Library Association Announces Newbery and Caldecott Winners (2000-01-19): Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Bud, Not Buddy, and Simms Taback, illustrator of Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, are the 2000 winners of the prestigious John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals.

Elliott Joins Biztravel.com as Technology Editor (2000-01-19): Biztravel, the business travel-focused division of Rosenbluth Interactive, has announced that travel technology expert Christopher Elliott will return to the site as technology editor and writer of a new weekly column, The Travel Technologist.

Simon & Schuster Inc. and Stephen King Extend Copublishing Agreement (2000-01-14): Jack Romanos, President and Chief Operating Officer of Simon & Schuster Inc.

Universal Map Acquires Mosher-Adams, Inc. (2000-01-14): Universal Map Enterprises, Inc.

Barnesandnoble.com Names Steve Riggio Vice Chairman and Acting Chief Executive Officer (2000-01-12): barnesandnoble.

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble to Create eBook Store (2000-01-07): barnesandnoble.

Borders and the National Book Foundation Mark National Book Month (2000-01-07): Borders Books and Music stores have teamed with the National Book Foundation, sponsor of The National Book Award, for a celebration to be launched simultaneously with January's National Book Month.