Book Publishing News: 79

This is page 79 of the book publishing news archives.

Zondervan Named Exclusive Publisher of the Good News Bible (2001-03-27): Zondervan and the American Bible Society (ABS) announced an agreement under which Zondervan will acquire the rights to become the exclusive commercial publisher of the Good News Translation (GNT), previously known as Today's English Version (TEV) or commonly known as the Good News Bible (GNB).

Random House to Acquire Prima Communications (2001-03-27): Prima Communications, Inc.

Palm Acquires Peanutpress (2001-03-21): Palm, Inc.

HarperCollins Signs Deal With The C.S. Lewis Company (2001-03-21): HarperCollins Publishers announced that it has finalized a long-term, multi-million dollar agreement with The C.

Hungry Minds Lets Customers Mix and Match Chapters (2001-03-21): Hungry Minds, publisher of the For Dummies series and Frommer's Travel Guides, announced the launch of Hungry Minds a la Carte, a new epublishing website.

Primedia Restructures Intertec and IndustryClick Units (2001-03-16): Primedia, a media company with print, video and Internet businesses focused on consumer and business-to-business audiences, announced initiatives designed to increase efficiencies and streamline its Intertec and IndustryClick business units.

National Book Critics Circle Awards Announced (2001-03-16): The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, consists of nearly 700 active book reviewers, interested in communicating with one another about common concerns.

Book Sense Announces Book of the Year Finalists (2001-03-16): The independent booksellers with Book Sense have nominated their favorite books of 2000, and the finalists in each of the 4 categories -- Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Children's Literature and Children's Illustrated Book -- have been announced.

Borders Forms Alliance with Ingram For Fulfillment Services (2001-03-16): Borders Group announced that it has signed an agreement with Ingram Book Group to make Ingram the primary provider of book fulfillment services for Borders Group's special order and online sales.

GoReader and Harcourt Announce Ebook Agreement (2001-03-14): goReader, Inc.

Liberation and PlanetOut Cancel Merger Plans (2001-03-09): Liberation Publications Inc.

Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalists Announced (2001-03-07): The Los Angeles Times announced the finalists for the 21st annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, which will be awarded at a public ceremony to be held April 28 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.

eBrandedBooks Splits Into Three Companies (2001-03-07): eBrandedBooks.

Digital Goods Signs Agreement With Mightywords (2001-03-07): Digital Goods, a provider of digital content marketing services, announced an agreement with MightyWords, a publisher of electronic business and technology content, to provide interactive marketing services targeting consumers at their points of interest across the Internet with offers for MightyWords' top 200 titles.

Douglas Clegg Joins Stealth Press as Director of Online Marketing (2001-02-26): Douglas Clegg, a horror novelist and editor, has joined Stealth Press as Director of Online Marketing.

Stephen King To Provide More Online Content (2001-02-26): Stephen King is returning to the Web to provide more online content.

Lightning, BookSite Provide Ebook Services to Independent Booksellers (2001-02-23): BookSite, a provider of ecommerce tools to independent bookstores, and Lightning Source Inc.

HarperCollins Announces Global Ebook Publishing Program (2001-02-22): HarperCollins Publishers announced the launch of a global ebook publishing program.

Sesame Street's Elmo Trilogy to Debut in Ebook Format (2001-02-22): Sesame Workshop, a not-for-profit educational organization, and Random House Children's Books are teaming up to offer parents and children titles from Sesame Workshop's library in Microsoft Reader format.

HarperCollins Signs Book Deal With Michael Crichton (2001-02-15): HarperCollins Publishers announced that it has signed a two book deal with bestselling author Michael Crichton.