Marketing & Technology Group Launches Plate

Plate is a new professional culinary journal devoted exclusively to presenting profitable, innovative menu ideas. May 24, 2002

Nebula Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2001 Nebula Awards (given in 2002) were recently announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). May 24, 2002

MediaTec Publishing Launches CLO Magazine

MediaTec Publishing Inc. May 24, 2002

14th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announced

The 14th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (also known as "Lammys") were presented recently at a gala ceremony in New York's Tribeca area. May 24, 2002

Wolters Kluwer Acquires Charles D. Spencer & Associates

Wolters Kluwer North America has acquired Charles D. May 24, 2002

IGN Publishes Monthly Online Game Review Magazine

IGN Entertainment (formerly Snowball), home to IGN. May 24, 2002

Firecracker Alternative Book Award Winners Announced

The winners for the seventh annual Firecracker Alternative Book Awards (FABs) were recently announced during an awards bash at the Book Expo America convention earlier this month. May 24, 2002

Nicholas Evans Signs Two Book Deal with Penguin Putnam

Nicholas Evans, the bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer, has agreed to publish his next two novels with Penguin Putnam Inc. May 24, 2002

Cygnus Business Media Acquires Frozen Food Age

Cygnus Business Media, a business-to-business media company, announced the acquisition of Frozen Food Age and Food Logistics magazines from New York-based VNU Business Media. May 24, 2002

Chicago Historical Society Puts Studs Terkel Collection Online

An extensive website featuring hundreds of hours of original interviews conducted by Studs Terkel for his books and long-running radio program has been launched by the Chicago Historical Society. May 24, 2002

2002 Agatha Award Winners Announced

The winners of the annual Agatha Awards have been announced. May 24, 2002

AAP CEO Says Publishing Industry's Demise Greatly Exaggerated

"Negative reports about the publishing industry's imminent demise seem to be surfacing every week," Pat Schroeder, President and CEO of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) said in a recent speech. May 24, 2002

Infotonic Launches Web Hosting Trade Resource

Infotonic Inc. May 17, 2002

Information Today Acquires Online, Inc. Assets

Information Today, Inc. May 17, 2002

Xerox Offers Color Print-on-Demand Printing System

Xerox Corporation has announced its latest digital printing system that allows publishers and book printers to produce books with color on every page in very short runs. May 13, 2002

Settlement Reached Regarding The Wind Done Gone

Houghton Mifflin Company and the Stephens Mitchell Trusts have jointly agreed to bring and end to their litigation involving Houghton Mifflin's publication of Alice Randall's novel, The Wind Done Gone. May 13, 2002

Universal and Imagine to Mine Playboy Archives for Film Ideas

Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, headed by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, have finalized a deal with Alta Loma Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Playboy Enterprises Inc. May 13, 2002

Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt Hero Headed for the Big Screen

Crusader Entertainment's screen adaptation of the bestselling Clive Cussler novel, Sahara, is set to commence production on October 28. May 13, 2002

Palm and OverDrive to Expand Palm Reader Distribution

Palm Digital Media, a publisher and distributor of ebooks for handheld computers, and OverDrive, Inc. May 13, 2002

Open eBook Forum Launches Public Awareness Campaign

In the midst of some negative business news about ebooks, such as the recent closings of iPublish. May 13, 2002

New Independent Video Game Production Company Launches

Capital Entertainment Group, Inc. May 13, 2002

Cygnus Business Media to Launch VDV World Magazine

Cygnus Publishing, a division of Cygnus Business Media, a business-to-business media company, announced that it will launch VDV World magazine later this year. May 10, 2002

Tech Industry Veterans Launch Gryphon Films

Gryphon Films has been founded by tech industry veterans Robert Gryphon and Brett Morrison. May 10, 2002

Plus-sized Fashion Magazine Coming to Newsstands

The premiere issue of the new "full-fashioned" national glossy Grace Magazine, will hit newsstands on May 14th, 2002. May 10, 2002

2002 National Magazine Award Winners Announced

The 2002 National Magazine Awards were announced early this month by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). May 9, 2002