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Mystery Writers of America to Use iUniverse Publishing Platform

iUniverse, an epublishing services provider, announced that Mystery Writers of America Inc. August 8, 2001

iPublish.com Unveils New Authors Discovered Online

iPublish. August 8, 2001

Gaming Industry Booming According to Survey

Forty-two percent of all video gamers plan on buying at least one of the new wave of gaming consoles due out by Christmas of 2001, according to the ``Digital Gaming in America Survey,'' a comprehensive look at the demographics and psychographics of the gaming market. August 8, 2001

Travel Magazine Covers Haunted Destinations

Favorite Haunts promises to be a travel magazine with an eerie twist: all of its upscale destinations are haunted. August 8, 2001

ESPN Announces EXPN Magazine Prototype

ESPN will be selling a test issue of EXPN Magazine, a 116-page publication covering action sports, each day of the X Games competition in Philadelphia (August 17-22). August 8, 2001

New Ebook Expires After Ten Hours

Electronic publisher RosettaBooks announced it is offering Agatha Christie's classic mystery And Then There Were None in a special time-based permit edition. August 8, 2001

IDEV Launches Content Management Resource

IDEV, a content solutions company in Silver Spring, MD, has launched CMSWatch, a website designed to provide independent analysis on web content management software solutions and practices, as well as related industry developments. August 8, 2001

Thomas Nelson Publishing Announces Job Cuts

Thomas Nelson, Inc. August 3, 2001

TheGlobe.com To Close Online Community, Cut Staff

TheGlobe. August 3, 2001

Borders.com Website Relaunches With Amazon.com Technology

Borders Group, Inc. August 3, 2001

Adobe and Education Publishers Ready Etextbooks For Fall

Adobe Systems Inc. August 3, 2001

Pew Center Survey Finds Editors Support Interactivity

U. August 1, 2001

National Book Festival To Be Held September 8th

Librarian of Congress James H. August 1, 2001

Toysrus.com and Amazon.com Launch Imaginarium.com

Imaginarium. August 1, 2001

Bay/SOMA Publishing Acquires Bay Books & Tapes

A newly-formed California corporation, Bay/SOMA Publishing, Inc. August 1, 2001

Wadsworth Acquires Political Science Textbook List From Holtzbrinck

Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, announced the acquisition of the political science textbook list from Bedford, Freeman, and Worth, a New York-based unit of Holtzbrinck Publishers. July 27, 2001

AOL Time Warner to Acquire IPC

Time Inc. July 27, 2001

Reader's Digest Reorganizes its U.S. Book Business

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. July 27, 2001

First Lady and Librarian of Congress Unveil Plans for National Book Festival

First Lady Laura Bush and Librarian of Congress James H. July 27, 2001

Amazon to Power Waterstone's Website

Amazon. July 27, 2001

iVillage Inc. Acquires Business Women's Network

iVillage Inc. July 25, 2001

Disney to Purchase Fox Family Worldwide

The Walt Disney Co. July 25, 2001

Dearborn Trade Publishing Adds Marketing and Sales Books

Dearborn Trade Publishing, a business book publisher, will add Marketing and Sales as a new category to its list starting in 2002. July 25, 2001

CNET Plans To Reduce Workforce By 15%

CNET Networks, Inc. July 25, 2001

Audible Cuts Workforce by 40%

Audible Inc. July 25, 2001