This is page 80 of the book publishing news archives.

Franklin Ships EBookMan Device (2001-02-15): Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.

Vivendi Universal Publishing Launches Education.com (2001-02-12): Vivendi Universal Publishing, which has 22,000 staff members worldwide, launched its international education portal, Education.

Scholastic To Be U.S. Publisher of Barney Books (2001-02-09): Scholastic, a publisher and distributor of children's books, announced that it has signed a deal with Lyrick Studios, a family entertainment company and the creator of Barney the dinosaur, to be the publisher of Barney books in the United States.

Lightning and Didio Announce eAudiobook Alliance (2001-02-09): Lightning Source Inc.

1stBooks Reports Increase in Title Submissions (2001-02-09): Robert McCormack, COO of 1stBooks Library, a publisher of print-on-demand books and ebooks, announced that the company accepted more than 600 title submissions in January, 2001.

Atomic Dog Acquires CourseWise's Textbook Program (2001-02-07): Atomic Dog Publishing, Inc.

Rovia and Houghton Mifflin to Deliver Electronic Textbooks (2001-02-01): Rovia, Inc.

Ebook Trade Association Founded (2001-02-01): Publishers of newspapers, magazines, trade journals, catalogs, newsletters and other information providers have founded the Electronic Book Newsstand Association.

McGraw-Hill Professional Announces Alliance With DigitalOwl (2001-02-01): McGraw-Hill Professional, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, announced it has formed an alliance with DigitalOwl, a digital rights management company.

Franklin Releases Content Developers' Kit for eBookMan Platform (2001-02-01): Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.

Adobe & B&N.com Announce Ebook Partnership (2001-02-01): Adobe Systems and Barnes & Noble.

Texterity to Provide Ebook Conversion for GiantChair.com (2001-01-26): Texterity, Inc.

IndyPublish Selects ContentGuard for Digital Rights Management (2001-01-26): ContentGuard, Inc.

Lightning Source and Digital River Join Forces (2001-01-19): Lightning Source Inc.

Newbery and Caldecott Winners Announced (2001-01-17): Richard Peck, author of A Year Down Yonder, and David Small, illustrator of So You Want To Be President? are the 2001 winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, both prestigious awards in children's literature.

HarperCollins Announces Strategic Relationship With Rightscenter.com (2001-01-17): HarperCollins Publishers and Rightscenter.

McGraw-Hill Education Launches EBook Initiative (2001-01-11): McGraw-Hill Education and WizeUp Digital Textbooks announced an initiative to electronically publish, sell and distribute digital textbooks for the higher education market.

Warburg Pincus Invests $21 Million in iUniverse.com (2001-01-11): iUniverse.

AOL and Time Warner Merger Approved (2001-01-11): America Online, Inc.

Lord of the Rings Trailer to Debut Friday (2001-01-09): New Line Cinema will unveil the first theatrical teaser trailer for The Lord of the Rings trilogy this Friday, January 12, 2001.