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writer's blog home > blog archives page 312Woman's Day Features Librarian Book Recommendations
The first librarian book recommendation is now live as part of the second year of Woman's Day magazine's online book club. June 18, 2004
New York Times to Offer Online Archives From 1800s
ProQuest and NYTimes. June 18, 2004
OverTime Magazine Debuts
Ryan D. June 18, 2004
American Lawyer Media Launches GC New York
American Lawyer Media, Inc. June 18, 2004
Online Games Have Stickiest Websites
A Nielsen//NetRatings report found that online games have the stickiest websites. June 18, 2004
Authors Guild Presses Members to Negotiate Ebook Royalties
The Authors Guild has urged its members to focus on ebook royalties during contract negotiations. June 18, 2004
Consumer Book Sales Up Six Percent in 2003
Driven by gains in religious texts, children's and young adult hardcover, audio books, and ebooks, overall sales in the consumer publishing sector rose 6. June 18, 2004
Romentics To Publish Gay Fiction With Warner Books
Boston-based Romentics announced that it has signed a deal with Warner Books to publish Hot Sauce, the first in the Romentics line of romance novels for gay men. June 11, 2004
Riverhead/Freestyle Line Focuses on Urban Culture
Riverhead/Freestyle, a new line of fiction and nonfiction titles relating to urban culture, is being introduced by Riverhead Trade paperbacks. June 11, 2004
Author of Tibet Mysteries Banned in China
Eliot Pattison, writer of an acclaimed series of mystery books set in Tibet, has so upset authorities in China that they are blocking access to his website within China. June 11, 2004
Marvel Comics to Publish Superhero Novels
Marvel Comics, a comic book publisher and a division of Marvel Enterprises, Inc. June 11, 2004
Life to Return as Weekend Magazine in Newspapers
Time Inc. June 11, 2004
Innova's Launch List Features Lifestyle Titles
Innova is a new publishing company that will offer hardcover books at softcover prices. June 11, 2004
New Travel Magazine Covers Timeshare Property
Bigfish Publications, an Arizona-based specialty magazine publisher, has announced the launch of its newest publication, Hiatus Travel Magazine. June 11, 2004
Clinton's Memoirs Set to Hit Bookstores
Former President Bill Clinton's autobiography, My Life, is set to hit bookstores. June 11, 2004
Consumers Spend More on Children's Books, Buy Less
The children's book industry has faced an uphill battle through much of the past decade, though 2003 results give both publishers and retailers some reasons for optimism, according to Ipsos BookTrends, an ongoing tracking service from Ipsos-Insight, a global marketing research firm. June 11, 2004
17th Annual Bram Stoker Award Winners Announced
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) honored excellence in horror, suspense and dark fantasy by presenting this year's Bram Stoker Awards at its annual banquet ceremony in New York. June 11, 2004
New Site AnimalAttraction.com Combines Pets, Dating
Animal Attraction, an online dating and special events community for pet lovers, has launched following a two-month preview period in which the company saw new members joining from all fifty states. June 11, 2004
Thomson Delmar Learning Acquires NetLearning
Thomson Delmar Learning, a provider of educational resources for lifelong learning and part of The Thomson Corporation, has announced the acquisition of NetLearning, a provider of online training solutions for healthcare professionals working in hospitals. June 4, 2004
New Social Networking Sites Continue to Launch
Is social networking the next big online trend? Some web companies must think so. June 4, 2004
AAP Reports April Book Sale Data
April experienced dramatic losses in three categories overshadowing successful growth in seven categories tracked by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). June 4, 2004
Scholastic to Publish Children's Book by Diane McWhorter
Scholastic, a publisher and distributor of children's books, announced that it will publish Pulitzer Prize-winning author Diane McWhorter's first book for young readers in October, 2004. June 4, 2004
Q Television Will Offer Gay and Lesbian Programming
Q Television Network, headquartered in California, has announced it will launch a subscriber channel for the gay and lesbian community in July 2004. June 4, 2004
Producers Guild of America Debuts New Website
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the relaunch of its New Media Council website. June 4, 2004
G.P. Taylor Signs Book Deal with Penguin Group
Bestselling vicar-turned-author, G. June 4, 2004

