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Monday, July 27th, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs barnesandnoble.com Teams Up With Romantic Times Magazine barnesandnoble.com has teamed up with the online site of Romantic Times Magazine. According to Romantic Times, romance readers typically buy 10-40 books a month, generate nearly a billion dollars a year in sales, and account for 48 percent of all mass paperback novels sold. "Our alliance with Romantic Times Magazine will create the single best place online for buyers of romantic fiction," said Steve Riggio, vice chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "We stock the largest selection of romantic titles available anywhere, and the online magazine's content is second to none." "It's a natural," said Carol Stacy, publisher of Romantic Times Magazine. "With our experience and expertise, and Barnes & Noble's retailing genius, we will be the place on the Web for all romance novel enthusiasts." romantictimes.com was initially launched with over 5,000 book reviews and over 500 author pages; once complete, the site will feature over 20,000 reviews and 3,000 author pages. The site also includes a readers section, featured articles, and a writers section that includes tips, research and resource information for the beginner or published author. By autumn, the site will have interactive message boards that enable readers around the world to share their passion for books. Cover models, like Fabio, will also have a dedicated section, letting fans know what goes on "Under the Covers!" Healthworld Corporation Acquires Colwood House Healthworld Corporation, announced the acquisition of Colwood House Medical Publications, a leading UK medical education company. Colwood's services include communications strategy and planning, publications management, opinion leader and Advisory Group management, medical writing, medical journalism, public relations and symposia development and management. "Colwood is a perfect complement to our current U.S. and Europe-based communications business. Colwood represents a tremendous growth opportunity in medical education and will add to the overall profitability of Healthworld," said Steven Girgenti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Healthworld. "Colwood's experience and expertise in internationally-focused communications programs, especially pre-product launches provides the group with excellent business development opportunities. The acquisition will also allow us to realize strong synergies with Medical Education Technologies, our wholly-owned medical education subsidiary in the U.S." New Site Has Searchable Databases of Resources for Teachers A new searchable online catalog for teachers has been produced by Cuesta Technologies. This catalog, at http://catalog.socialstudies.com, contains nearly 10,000 items including supplementary learning materials, including books, CD-ROMs, videos, laserdiscs, software, charts, and posters. The new searchable online catalog for Social Studies School Service (SSSS) will ultimately include all the products from the company's 30 different catalogs in a single source. The SSSS Online site can be searched by keyword and/or by any combination of criteria including author, grade level, subject, and media. Educators will also find links directly from the product pages to creative lesson plans and video previews. Dr. Aaron Willis of Social Studies School Service said, "Social Studies School Service selected the Cuesta Online Catalog System for their Web based catalog because our requirements included the ability to bring data from several sources together into a database that would be easy to maintain and keep up-to-date. Speed of performance and ease of navigation are flagship features of Cuesta's system, two key elements to our project's success." Stories of American WWII Soldiers on The American Experience Online Beginning Monday July 27, The American Experience Online celebrates the courage and endurance of American soldiers fighting in D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge in a new online feature, Guts and Glory, at http//www.pbs.org/amex. The site features rare archival photography, profiles of personalities that shaped these two pivotal events of World War II, and firsthand recollections from nurses and soldiers on the frontlines. The Guts and Glory website accompanies The American Experience broadcast of two critically acclaimed documentaries, D-Day and Battle of the Bulge, airing on PBS, Wednesday, July 29 at 830pm ET. The American Experience Online produces a companion website for every new television broadcast of The American Experience, with information beyond the broadcast including program schedules, teacher guides, audience feedback, and links to related sites. Around the Web Newspaper Sues Web Publihser Editor & Publisher Screenwriters Chasing the Brass Ring in the Land of Dreams CNN Shanghai Newspapers Merge to Form New Group Reuters/Variety Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter.  www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
