Merriam-Webster Announces 2003 Words of the Year

Merriam-Webster Inc. January 23, 2004

Americans Flock to Tax Websites

Web surfers flocked to tax sites as employers returned W-2 forms, according to Nielsen//NetRatings, a provider of Internet audience measurement and analysis. January 23, 2004

Revenue Magazine to Launch January 2004

Revenue, the first magazine focused on the fast-growing field of Internet affiliate marketing, launched January 14th, Montgomery Research, Inc. January 23, 2004

DiCamillo, Gerstein Win Newbery, Caldecott Medals

Kate DiCamillo, author of The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering, and Mordicai Gerstein, illustrator and author of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, are the 2004 winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals, the most prestigious awards in children's literature. January 23, 2004

Hot Gaming Trends in 2003

Game Informer, a computer and video games magazine, covered the hottest trends in gaming and entertainment in its January issue. January 23, 2004

The Purpose-Driven Life Hits 10 Million Mark

Zondervan announced that The Purpose-Driven Life, the #1 New York Times bestseller, has sold 10 million copies in the English language alone since its release in September of 2002. January 8, 2004

Fine Art Trend Hits Books, Films

Fine Art is appearing in books and books made into films such as Girl With a Pearl Earring and Frida starring Salma Hayek January 6, 2004

Scholastic Acquires P.B. Kerr's New Children's Trilogy

Scholastic US and Scholastic UK have announced that the company has acquired the worldwide English language publishing rights for the first three novels of P. January 2, 2004

Ray Romano to Publish Children's Book With Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, has announced plans to publish the first book for children written by Ray Romano, comedian and Emmy Award-winning star of the top-rated CBS television program, Everybody Loves Raymond. January 2, 2004

Reader's Digest Launches Readers' Choice Awards

James Patterson and Ann Rule won the 2003 Readers' Choice Awards from Reader's Digest. January 2, 2004

LookSmart Launches Full Text Article Search

LookSmart, a provider of Internet search solutions, announced that it has launched a full text article search which provides access to 3. January 2, 2004

Third International Book of the Month Selected

A Blade of Grass by South African-born writer, Lewis DeSoto, has been selected as the next International Book of the Month by the DirectGroup division of Bertelsmann AG, co-owners of Bookspan's Book-of-the-Month Club. January 2, 2004

IGN and GameSpy Announce Merger Agreement

IGN Entertainment -- home to IGN. January 2, 2004

Ziff Davis Media Launches Gaming Industry News

Ziff Davis Media Inc. January 2, 2004

Western Fiction Market is Going Strong

The Western genre is still popular among readers and movie goers. December 5, 2003

Marketing Veterans Launch MarketingNPV

A team of senior marketing executives have launched a new media group that will provide information about better marketing decision making through a magazine, online content, workshops, and a web-service library of downloadable decision tools. December 5, 2003

Hyperion Signs Deal for Next Book by George Carlin

Hyperion has announced plans to publish a new book by Grammy award-winning comedian, George Carlin. December 5, 2003

The Dallas Morning News Launches Quick

The Dallas Morning News recently launched its newest daily newspaper, Quick, a "quick-read" paper designed to deliver a digest of the day's news for "readers on-the-run. December 5, 2003

The Deal Launches Corporate Dealmaker

The Deal, LLC, a media company providing business and financial news and analysis, has launched Corporate Dealmaker, a new publication written for senior executives with strategy and financial responsibilities. December 5, 2003

Liberal Arts College Alliance Launches Collegenews.org

The Annapolis Group, a nonprofit alliance of the nation�s leading independent liberal arts colleges, has launched Collegenews. December 5, 2003

Book Sales Fall Dramatically in October

Book sales fell dramatically in October, with sales down in almost every category tracked by the Association of American Publishers. December 5, 2003

Margaret Loesch and Bruce Stein Launch The Hatchery

Prominent industry executives Margaret Loesch and Bruce Stein have teamed to create The Hatchery, LLC. November 21, 2003

Magnetic Poetry Launches Kids Poetry Anthology Online

Magnetic Poetry, a Minneapolis- based company popular for its magnetic poetry tool, is building on the success of its anthology for adults by giving kids an outlet to create and display prose online for all the world to see. November 21, 2003

College Student Magazines Outnumber Women's Magazines

College student and alumni publications outnumber any other category, with more than 1,000 different magazines, according to the 16th Edition of the National Directory of Magazines. November 21, 2003

Forestweb Acquires Reel Time

Forestweb Inc. November 21, 2003