Book Publishing News: 77

This is page 77 of the book publishing news archives.

Court Lifts Ban On The Wind Done Gone (2001-05-25): The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has lifted an earlier District Court injunction banning the publication of The Wind Done Gone.

Microsoft and Media Companies Support The Wind Done Gone (2001-05-22): As the court date for Houghton Mifflin's appeal to the preliminary injunction blocking publication of The Wind Done Gone approaches, several media companies and First Amendment advocate groups, have filed Friend of the Court briefs.

Interview With Greg Voynow (2001-05-22): Interview with Greg Voynow, the Senior Vice President and General Manager of iPublish.com at Time Warner Books

Britannica Consolidates Print and Web Operations (2001-05-22): Last week Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Authors Guild Disapproves of IPublish.com Contract (2001-05-18): The Authors Guild has warned its members and other writers to approach iPublish.

iUniverse.com and Microsoft Press to Offer Custom Books Program (2001-05-16): iUniverse.

Ebrary Offers Its Content to Channel Partners (2001-05-16): ebrary, an online research website, announced the commercial availability of the ebrarian solution for channel partners.

Adobe Targets Higher Education With Launch of eBook U (2001-05-16): Adobe Systems Incorporated, a provider publishing software, has launched Adobe eBook U, a joint project between Adobe and a group of higher education institutions to explore the use and impact of ebooks on educational environments.

ForeWordreviews To Charge For Book Reviews (2001-05-09): ForeWordreviews.

Rough Guides Launches Travel Guide Ebooks (2001-05-09): Rough Guides, a publisher of travel guides, has selected Texterity, a provider of ebook conversion services, to create electronic books for the Microsoft Reader.

2000 Nebula Award Winners Announced (2001-05-09): The 2000 Nebula Award winners were announced on April 28, 2001 in Los Angeles.

Digital Goods To Wind Down Operations (2001-05-04): Softlock.

Los Angeles Times Names Book Prize Winners for 2001 (2001-05-02): The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes presented its prestigious Robert Kirsch Award to noted poet, City Lights publisher and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author of A Coney Island of the Mind and What Is Poetry.

HarperCollins Acquires Rights to Elmore Leonard Books (2001-05-02): HarperCollins Publishers announced that it will bring bestselling author Elmore Leonard back to William Morrow.

AOL Time Warner Launches iPublish.com (2001-05-02): AOL Time Warner has launched iPublish.

DreamWorks Acquires Film Rights to Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad Trilogy (2001-05-02): DreamWorks has acquired the film and television rights to Terry Pratchett's bestselling fantasy novels Truckers, Diggers and Wings, known collectively as the Bromeliad trilogy, it was announced by DreamWorks principal Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Harcourt to Publish Interactive Textbooks Using CRQ Technology (2001-05-02): Harcourt College Publishers is offering new textbooks that use :CRQ (``See Our Cue'') technology, print-to-Web technology from Dallas-based Digital:Convergence Corporation.

NetLibrary Lays Off 90 Employees (2001-04-27): netLibrary, a provider of ebooks and content management services, announced the company will now accept electronic files meeting OeBF standards directly from publishers or, at the publisher's request, manage the conversion process on behalf of the publisher.

Adobe Delivers Acrobat Ebook Reader 2.1 (2001-04-27): Adobe Systems Incorporated, a provider of publishing tools, announced the availability of the Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader 2.

Thomas Nelson to Explore Strategic Alternatives for C.R. Gibson (2001-04-25): Thomas Nelson, Inc.