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  • Source:
    Publishers Weekly. 2/20/2006, Vol. 253 Issue 8, p2-6. 5p.
  • Subject Terms:
    *PUBLISHING; *COPYRIGHT
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SIMON & Schuster Inc. ; HOWARD Publishing (Company) 051490910
    • Subject Terms:
      MCGUIRE, Libby
    • Abstract:
      The article offers news briefs on the publishing industry as of February 2006. Libby McGuire was named publisher of Ballantine. Simon & Schuster has acquired Howard Publishing. The International Intellectual Property Alliance has estimated that illegal copying of books abroad cost the publishing industry about $606 million in 2005.