Archives for July 2004

Please Note Tomorrow is the gala visiting day at my son’s camp, so I’ll be forsaking publishing news for displays of athletic skill and a seven-year-old rendition of a 70s-style performance of “Love Train.” Lunch will resume Monday. Quarto Buys Again, Adding Aurum The Quarto Group announced their second acquisition of the month, purchasing the […]

Yes, Virginia, Norton Will Make Money on the Book The success of Norton’s authorized edition of the 9/11 Commission Report continues to cause befuddlement far and wide. At least today’s NY Times article clears up the notion that the — given their reported sales figures — publisher was going to lose money on the project. […]

Norton Reports Big Sales for Report; Orders Second Printing Norton announced a 200,000-copy second printing for the 9/11 Commission Report yesterday. The publisher now estimates that they sold 350,000 copies through Sunday. (The company previously reported opening day sales that started at a low of 75,000 copies and crept up to 150,000 copies.) BN’s Bob […]

Penguin Strong In US, As Currency and Warehouse Problems Weigh Down Overall Results US sales and profits for the Penguin Group were “up significantly” for the first half of 2004, while worldwide sales for Penguin fell compared to last year and profits dropped. Sales of $627 million for the group were down 7 percent, though […]

All Kinds of Jobs Just as busy as our deals page is our terrifically efficient Job Board. With 22 listings in the last 7 days and over 70 in all, we’ve got great openings in all departments and from all over the country. For employers, we provide by far the single-largest audience of book publishing […]

All Kinds of Jobs Just as busy as our deals page is our terrifically efficient Job Board. With 24 listings in the last 7 days and over 70 in all, we’ve got great openings in all departments and from all over the country. For employers, we provide by far the single-largest audience of book publishing […]